What is Schrödinger's Cat? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains...

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What is Schrödinger's Cat? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore Schrodinger's cat and quantum mechanics… Or do they?
Learn about famous physicist Erwin Schrödinger and his work with quantum mechanics. What is the Observer Effect? We debunk some misconceptions about the Observer Effect and break down what starts to go wrong when doing experiments with the really really small. Discover quantum cats in boxes and quantum computing. What is superposition? Can something be two things at once? What is a Qbit? Explore the mystery of the quantum realm with us…
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0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Origins of Schrödinger's Cat
1:25 - The Observer Effect
3:00 - The Albedo Effect
4:53 - Why Subatomic Particles ‘Change’ When Observed
6:53 - Schrödinger's Cat
8:33 - Cats on the Internet
9:37 - Chuck’s Se7en Analogy
10:54 - Quantum Computing
12:07 - The Quantum Head
14:23 - Quantum Probabilities
14:36 - Quantum Tunneling
15:08 - Quantum Entanglement
15:24 - The Watershed Decade In Physics
16:18 - Texas Instrument Calculators
17:29 - Closing Notes

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  • Should we do another episode on Quantum weirdness?

    @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
    • Yeah.... Since both of you guys explaining such things, I'm in ✌🏻😎

      @kuwarsing43@kuwarsing43 Жыл бұрын
    • Yes please

      @sashsaeedi7963@sashsaeedi7963 Жыл бұрын
    • Yeesss!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

      @rushfan1970@rushfan1970 Жыл бұрын
    • Maybe Gwyneth Paltrow's head is not in the box if Brad Pitt never looks inside. It is morbid and I hate it but I also know that movie SE7EN is just a story told by actors, and I could tell they did a good job because I didn't want to look in the box lol. Spacey was the evil villan, Freeman and Pitt are the good guys and Paltrow was Pitts wife. I saw it once and I will never see it again.

      @DelfinoGarza77@DelfinoGarza77 Жыл бұрын
    • Yes please !!!

      @Ndoda71@Ndoda71 Жыл бұрын
  • Tyson is a rare teacher. You can laugh in tears and learn about complex physics at the same time.

    @root0062@root00628 ай бұрын
    • Michio Kaku is best

      @quazar912@quazar9123 ай бұрын
    • Watching these videos makes me feel like Jeff Spicoli: "Learning about [Schrödinger's Cat], and having some food." And not understanding much more than Spicoli would.

      @teeellecee@teeellecee25 күн бұрын
    • ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@quazar912no you’re wrong. Tyson is better than Michio Kaku

      @iyendeezont@iyendeezont18 күн бұрын
  • What I've discovered is that I exist in a state where I both understand, and do not understand the concept of Schrödinger's Cat, simultaneously.

    @imnotmike@imnotmike3 ай бұрын
    • I like your joke, but there's a lot of truth in it. I think we all have that experience in understanding.

      @Larrymh07@Larrymh07Ай бұрын
    • Cats be damned, does a concept live or die? Sink or swim? What's the penalty for slaying an idea? [Ans: A job.]

      @timapple6586@timapple6586Ай бұрын
    • 😂 Yes buddy! I'm in that box too!

      @abuelojoven8633@abuelojoven863323 күн бұрын
    • I really wanted to listen to this. But the other guy(Not ND Tyson) was wayyy too irritating to get through this.

      @shahzadrajabdeen3215@shahzadrajabdeen321523 күн бұрын
    • “I am Schrödinger’s cat!”- Spartacus 😂😊

      @frankcoverjr.-jz3ne@frankcoverjr.-jz3ne20 күн бұрын
  • Chuck Nice has got to be one of the sharpest dudes on the planet. He just moves things along so seamlessly and with so much humor and insight. He's just wonderful!!!

    @user-sz5dt9ih7f@user-sz5dt9ih7f7 ай бұрын
    • Racist

      @robw3984@robw39847 ай бұрын
    • @@robw3984 Grow up. I'm Hawaiian/Chinese/Irish/English. I don't have a racist bone in my body.

      @user-sz5dt9ih7f@user-sz5dt9ih7f7 ай бұрын
    • ​@@user-sz5dt9ih7fyou have not been racist, until now, you say that you're not racist by racism, wtf

      @filoue2583@filoue25836 ай бұрын
    • @@filoue2583 You need to move out of your mother's basement and find a real job.

      @user-sz5dt9ih7f@user-sz5dt9ih7f6 ай бұрын
    • ​@@filoue2583​ he never said bc he's of those racists he cannot be racist, he's just stating that he is a product of inter-racial relation... we need a word for ppl like u that try to falsely accuse racism by technicality (its not a sport call). His comment was not racist to me as a black man and Chuck Nice is brilliant to not be a scientist...

      @MyBuddyMobile@MyBuddyMobile4 ай бұрын
  • If I had teachers like that growing up I would have definitely paid way more attention, keep it up guys!

    @notmr.niceguy216@notmr.niceguy216 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks! Will do!

      @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
    • So it's all about you NOT Mr. NICE GUY?

      @michael-4k4000@michael-4k4000 Жыл бұрын
    • I second that statement

      @michaeltedder8345@michaeltedder8345 Жыл бұрын
    • QChuck is either a phisicist or not. Or any percentage in between.

      @jorgecamachoalvarado@jorgecamachoalvarado Жыл бұрын
    • Yup I bet it was the teachers fault

      @JoseAndCode@JoseAndCode Жыл бұрын
  • My brain was not built to handle learning quantum physics, but Neil makes me wish it was, and Chuck could keep me laughing all the while. Great episode.

    @SheyD78@SheyD78 Жыл бұрын
    • No brains were. And it's still a very incomplete description of what's going on.

      @daveg5857@daveg5857 Жыл бұрын
    • @@daveg5857 It's actually the best explanation of the "observer" I've heard.

      @TomCruz54321@TomCruz54321 Жыл бұрын
    • @@TomCruz54321 Maybe, but I'm left with a whole lot of questions, no fault of Neil. I'm not looking at this phenomenon and saying, "problem solved". Just like quantum entanglement. I get that it is, but I don't know what it implies. All points in space are somehow interconnected? Then I start thinking maybe we're in the Matrix...

      @daveg5857@daveg5857 Жыл бұрын
    • @@daveg5857 you mean that Sci-Fi movie that debut 20+ years ago, that Matrix?

      @efkagamescomputers6886@efkagamescomputers6886 Жыл бұрын
    • Few are chosen, sorry

      @triplez5393@triplez5393 Жыл бұрын
  • Not enough has been said here about how good the chemistry is between Chuck and Neil - these two are so good together.

    @GoogleUser-wf7bn@GoogleUser-wf7bn3 ай бұрын
  • Nice to have a straight to the point explanation. The particles are so small that the light we use to observe them changes their existence.

    @3ricegr3at@3ricegr3at4 ай бұрын
    • its a dishonest explanation to the point of being borderline psychotic. his answer assumes photons exist with preset characteristics eg. even being particle, let alone further functions. the entire point is they do not as is already incontrovertibly established experimentally by anton zeilinger etc

      @backwardthoughts1022@backwardthoughts10222 ай бұрын
    • @@backwardthoughts1022 wow thanks for giving me more to look into.

      @3ricegr3at@3ricegr3at2 ай бұрын
    • You totally misunderstood... because NDT totally soaked you with misinformation. As always.

      @timapple6586@timapple6586Ай бұрын
  • Man...i am so thankful for StarTalk. Whenever I'm feeling down, I know that I always can rely on Chuck to lift my spirits right back up. Dr. Tyson is _always_ fascinating and illuminating. But both Chuck's jokes, and his genuine delight at learning things, never fails to bring a smile to my face. Thank you both for everything you do!!

    @jimr9499@jimr9499 Жыл бұрын
    • So true! Both of these Men are so so extremely interesting in their personal thoughts and free thoughtful liberations on what they think and admonish that it leaves a more hensile train of thought on the modern thesis of discovery! - Of course for only those who want to step a little further than the aforementioned typical way of standing above the goal, or train of thought!! Fascinating!!! Please keep up the enticing work!

      @rodney8078@rodney8078 Жыл бұрын
    • Agree

      @ToniSkit@ToniSkit Жыл бұрын
    • You will find that Schodinger didn't really like cats. Think about it.

      @rickevans3959@rickevans3959 Жыл бұрын
    • Same here ❤

      @alexlearningspace5644@alexlearningspace564411 ай бұрын
    • When a "scientist" thinks there are dozens of genders, NDT is an NPC!

      @imthebadguy3225@imthebadguy322511 ай бұрын
  • The man breaks down complicated subjects into pure simplicity. Wow wow.

    @nigeljohn6676@nigeljohn6676 Жыл бұрын
    • Tyson is just an açtor paid to recite scripted lines. just as the existence of his IMDB page suggests

      @covid19alpha2variantturboc7@covid19alpha2variantturboc7 Жыл бұрын
    • It's so simple that it is inaccurate and misleading.

      @alexh1524@alexh1524 Жыл бұрын
    • @@alexh1524 Like you would know chump.

      @TomCruz54321@TomCruz54321 Жыл бұрын
    • @@TomCruz54321 Well ignoring the ad hominem I would say it doesn't properly explain wave function collapse, and wave-particle duality. That's why its over simplistic and misleading.

      @alexh1524@alexh1524 Жыл бұрын
    • @@alexh1524 Baby steps

      @vincentjohnflorio@vincentjohnflorio Жыл бұрын
  • I love listening to you and learning. You strike me as a very intelligent and not conceited man. I grew up with my stepfather always responding to me "you writing a book" after I asked a question and most of the time never answering the question. Thank you for whom you are.

    @orca536@orca5365 ай бұрын
  • another episode on anything would be great. its just the perfect mix of you two with all the intellect and humor. absolutely great.

    @Mchinnock@Mchinnock6 ай бұрын
  • This was one of my favorites for myriad reasons but Chuck struggling to remember Brad Pitt’s name was classic, but his impersonation of Brad saying, what’s in the box was spot on. Thank you both for providing this amazing and fun way of learning.

    @mysticalMELODY@mysticalMELODY Жыл бұрын
    • A myriad of meanings...

      @jonathanmcadams-nx5zp@jonathanmcadams-nx5zp11 ай бұрын
    • Our family quotes "What's in the box!?!" all the time whenever we don't know what's in a box or Amazon package, so Chuck using that example really worked better than a quantum cat for me 😸

      @teeellecee@teeellecee25 күн бұрын
  • I love these two, I wish they had this kind of education in school. We never had any of this! Great show guys truly love it

    @PlagueDoctorscp049@PlagueDoctorscp049 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you enjoy it!

      @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
    • @@StarTalk enjoying every single episode! Become a big fan of the show overtime

      @PlagueDoctorscp049@PlagueDoctorscp049 Жыл бұрын
    • we can enjoy this kind of education now ;)

      @dreamer8973@dreamer8973 Жыл бұрын
    • There’s was nothing educational in this video.

      @Earthad23@Earthad23 Жыл бұрын
    • Learning can't always be fun and games. Sure when dealing with surface level stuff. But there is work involved when going deeper. But that's life...

      @davefx7949@davefx7949 Жыл бұрын
  • I got Schrödingers credit card, you don´t have no money when you don´t watch your bank account

    @leonmanthey4512@leonmanthey45123 ай бұрын
  • Other comments have added information and context NDT left out of the description of the experiment. Most people forget, however, that the thought experiment was actually Schrödinger's critique of quantum theory and not an explanation of it.

    @GallifreyanGunner@GallifreyanGunner4 ай бұрын
  • Chuck's reference to the movie SE7EN actually made the explanation much clearer. Well done!

    @ZootSuitJZ@ZootSuitJZ Жыл бұрын
    • It’s funny because I’ve watch countless videos explaining this paradox and although I thought I understood it, I could never explain it. Finally after watching their explanations and examples I finally get it. These guys really have a way of simplifying things for us non scientists.

      @2011e92M3@2011e92M3 Жыл бұрын
    • @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ It was until Morgan opened the box

      @Music--ng8cd@Music--ng8cd Жыл бұрын
    • @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ The box could have been empty, or it could have been anything else in the box. They didn't know until they opened it.

      @TheRealSkeletor@TheRealSkeletor Жыл бұрын
    • @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ We'll never know because they opened the box

      @Music--ng8cd@Music--ng8cd Жыл бұрын
    • @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ But if you watch it that will end the superposition

      @Music--ng8cd@Music--ng8cd Жыл бұрын
  • Chuck, that scene literally always made me think of the cat. You're not alone.

    @Rhekon@Rhekon Жыл бұрын
  • I’ve watched and read myriad pieces and videos trying to teach me Schrödinger’s Cat, and this is the very first time I’ve understood! Well done, guys!

    @entropie138@entropie1384 ай бұрын
  • Why did you spoil Seven? Should put alert in the beginning

    @alberteinsteinthejew@alberteinsteinthejew9 ай бұрын
  • I love this show, I truly appreciate you all, including the behind the scenes folks.

    @patrickfulford3460@patrickfulford3460 Жыл бұрын
    • A behind the scenes video, would be awesome

      @ricardodealmeida27@ricardodealmeida27 Жыл бұрын
    • We truly appreciate fans like you!

      @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
    • @@StarTalk is that you Sam?

      @Dannosuke25@Dannosuke25 Жыл бұрын
    • Still they can not explain what is conciousness ?

      @chayanbosu3293@chayanbosu3293 Жыл бұрын
    • @@StarTalk Speaking of that,could we have a blooper reel?

      @gatopardos19@gatopardos19 Жыл бұрын
  • I want to take a moment to appreciate how easily and how deeply Neil laughs. That willingness to be so joyful is a significant part of why I enjoy watching him.

    @AlexandarHullRichter@AlexandarHullRichter Жыл бұрын
    • Ok. Take it.

      @GOLVEL@GOLVEL Жыл бұрын
    • @@HopDavid You don't know that. What did he get wrong?

      @davepeterschmidt5818@davepeterschmidt5818 Жыл бұрын
    • I appreciate how he has the ability to laugh at "jokes" with negative humor value...nothing that dude said was remotely humorous.

      @bobbyblank6916@bobbyblank6916 Жыл бұрын
    • It’s easy to be joyful when you’ve made an entire career pretending to be a genius.

      @Earthad23@Earthad23 Жыл бұрын
    • @@HopDavid agreed, he simply thinks he’s smarter than everyone and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Disappointing

      @Earthad23@Earthad23 Жыл бұрын
  • You two make a fantastic duo. Thank you for making these videos together

    @EskoBomb@EskoBomb9 ай бұрын
  • I absolutely love, love, both of these guys!! So informative, and always funny!!!❤

    @tudiecampagna5793@tudiecampagna57939 ай бұрын
  • Schrödinger's cat is not a quantum system itself but a normal cat that is affected by a quantum system. The original thought experiment places a toxin in the box that is released by the radioactive decay of a particle which is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. In this setting you cannot know if the particle has decayed enough to release the toxin until you measure the particle (opening the box). This entangles the cat with the particle.

    @blackmage999@blackmage999 Жыл бұрын
    • I looked specifically for a comment that made this correction...well done. I think it's an important distinction.

      @spectreskeptic3493@spectreskeptic3493 Жыл бұрын
    • Yes. This whole video was in fact a bad description about Schrodinger's cat. There is a point where he basically says that the cat being alive and dead is a consequence of our lack of knowledge since we didn't open the box to make the measurement and that is nonsensical. In fact, Schrodinger's cat was elaborated by Erwin to elucidate what was, according to his thoughts, an incomplete description of reality provided by the quantum theory.

      @juliocesar4442@juliocesar4442 Жыл бұрын
    • Also, as to the "why a dead/alive cat" question, as opposed to say a coin toss, Schrödinger at the time didn't believe that this was possible, so he came up with the most absurd analogy he could to show how ridiculous the idea of quantum superposition is.

      @irinotecanhcl@irinotecanhcl Жыл бұрын
    • That's what I thought but I was surprised when they didn't explain that in this video

      @Seeds-Of-The-Wayside@Seeds-Of-The-Wayside Жыл бұрын
    • You cannot argue one fact: Schrödinger was a major dork.

      @bluceree7312@bluceree7312 Жыл бұрын
  • I laughed so hard at Chuck's photon comment 😂 "Photons want to be part of this skin" 😂 I laughed so hard my nose bled.

    @daniellugo3944@daniellugo3944 Жыл бұрын
    • I would worry, laughing should not cause epistaxis.

      @darrenjones9359@darrenjones9359 Жыл бұрын
    • @@darrenjones9359 Plus, it wasn’t even that funny lol

      @iammar1159@iammar1159Ай бұрын
    • No you don’t

      @conradsz@conradsz26 күн бұрын
  • Neil is the best. My 7 yr old and I watch all these videos together. He loves to learn and he breaks it down so good for ppl

    @jbs1992@jbs19928 ай бұрын
  • Schrödinger's cat seems to have become a meme in pop culture, quite detached from its original meaning and purpose. It is very rare that I hear a profound and meaningful explanation of the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, which is frustrating as it seems meaningful and useful, rather than just a corny depiction of quantum properties. As far as I understand, the purpose of the thought experiment is to challenge the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, that is the idea that a quantum state is inherently uncertain until it has been observed, very much different from our everyday experience, and the Cat experiment emphasizes this. I think the approach of speaking of the cat as not a real cat but a "quantum cat" distorts the thought experiment. The point, I think, is that it is a very familiar object, that is a real cat, that gets entangled with a quantum event, and hence forces the cat into a superposition state. Although not being a researcher of physics, it seems to me that the cat experiment actually does manage to scale up quantum level phenomena to the macro scale. And it is a very interesting challenge to the Copenhagen interpretation, and discussing responses to the thought experiment should be more or less necessary for the thought experiment to make sense.

    @squarehead6c1@squarehead6c19 ай бұрын
    • Stop being pretentious.

      @shawnredmond8402@shawnredmond84022 ай бұрын
    • I am serious, I am kind of fed up of this thought experiement analogy being misrepresented over and over again instead of actually being allowed to teach us something@@shawnredmond8402

      @squarehead6c1@squarehead6c12 ай бұрын
  • The ability to convey information while simultaneously entertaining in order to keep the students' attention is the mark of a real teacher. It's unfortunate that it is so rare.

    @markstone2138@markstone2138 Жыл бұрын
    • Agreed!

      @user-vo4lf6pw5h@user-vo4lf6pw5h4 ай бұрын
    • That would truly make us an advanced civilization

      @CoachRobertMadole@CoachRobertMadole2 ай бұрын
    • Whilst being racist

      @seriallikeer5956@seriallikeer5956Ай бұрын
  • Neil and Chuck you guys are my favorite teachers....everyday I understand more and more about our existence and experiences

    @plutoplanet825@plutoplanet825 Жыл бұрын
    • Fr. I'm 35 and this is the first time I've heard this and it made any sense at all. Tbf, Oklahoma's education system is absolute garbage. It benefits those in power to keep us dumb.

      @buggjohnson1648@buggjohnson1648 Жыл бұрын
  • That was the funniest and least confusing explainer of quantum physics concepts. Good job, guys!

    @SuleymanAkhundov@SuleymanAkhundov2 ай бұрын
  • The “white people all in one place” had me crying 🤣

    @anjelcastro9756@anjelcastro97565 ай бұрын
  • “I’m a tangent man myself…” Hilarious and educational! Thank you both for making thing accessible and entertaining. All love.

    @PanchoPanteraUSC@PanchoPanteraUSC Жыл бұрын
    • These guys are both tangent men, which is a big part of what makes this channel so fun.

      @VoltisArt@VoltisArt11 ай бұрын
  • "Photons wanna be a part of this, baby." I grew up loving Neil, but honestly-how could you not love Chuck? Perfect informational science/comedy duo right here!

    @Kantus42@Kantus42 Жыл бұрын
    • That was hilarius

      @juanpablozucco9504@juanpablozucco95045 ай бұрын
    • They're great

      @TfGamess@TfGamess2 ай бұрын
  • This is by far the easiest and more insightful explanation about the principle of uncertainty, and without the use of any animations at all! Also we could say that chuck and Neil are like quantum entanglement souls maaaan 😂

    @LionFo21@LionFo219 ай бұрын
  • I got my master degrees in quantum physics in 1976 and you guys got it right about Schrodinger's wave equations. Thank God for the equations. I remember those calculators. I had to buy a HP35 to past my final in 4th year electrical circuits class. I still have my HP35. Love you guys in making things simpler.

    @Keith80027@Keith800278 ай бұрын
    • I had the TI-57 in 1977, which IIRC was the first programmable pocket calculator. (I never understood what got in HP for choosing RPN; nobody writes their equations in that order!)

      @stevenvanhulle7242@stevenvanhulle72426 ай бұрын
  • Im in disbelief right now! I saw a video yesterday that mentioned the term "Schrodinger's cat". I thought to myself I've never heard that before, i should look it up. And of course i never did 🙄 lol. Yet here you are today to teach me all about it! You hit the nail on the head today guys! Thanks 🤙

    @officialjerm9122@officialjerm9122 Жыл бұрын
    • Glad we're able to answer those burning questions!

      @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
    • You watch the video about Schrodinger's cat? And then another video about Schrodinger's cat shows up? Coincidence? I think not. Just another victim of tracking cookies I'm afraid. I once did a search for tickets for a rock concert and immediately started getting advertisements for drug rehab.

      @JimmyKnax@JimmyKnax Жыл бұрын
    • I take it you didn't watch the comedy show Big Bang Theory where Sheldon explained Schrodingers cat to Penny ?

      @reallymysterious4520@reallymysterious4520 Жыл бұрын
    • Oh the KZhead algorithm !

      @jnmwtkns@jnmwtkns Жыл бұрын
    • @@JimmyKnax well, this video was uploaded 5 hours ago, didn't exist when she saw the other one, and suddenly came into existence 🤣🤣🤣

      @Morpheux1@Morpheux1 Жыл бұрын
  • Such a huge fan, Dr. Tyson!! Physicists like yourself has brought my love for math and science back, in turm changing my career path to pursue my Masters in Science. Thank you for all the knowledge!!

    @ronaldtorbert133@ronaldtorbert133 Жыл бұрын
  • "What is Schrödinger's Cat?" The cat that belongs to Schrödinger.....easy...

    @user-wf7pe3zb8q@user-wf7pe3zb8q3 ай бұрын
  • Everyone always asks what is Schrödinger's Cat, but no one ever asks HOW is Schrödinger's Cat.

    @MelissaTimea@MelissaTimea29 күн бұрын
  • I was amazed that my 9 yold came to me telling that he wonders how a straight line is actually not straight if seen through a microscope, or that a table edge is not plane. I showed him your talk right away about the measurements and he loved it. Love watching you, thank you so much!

    @kikogarcia5136@kikogarcia5136 Жыл бұрын
    • You are a very cool parent!

      @Paislywalls4767@Paislywalls4767 Жыл бұрын
    • @@Paislywalls4767 hahaha thank you, I try 😂

      @kikogarcia5136@kikogarcia5136 Жыл бұрын
    • You got a bright kid. Tell him the way to astrophysics.

      @Hollyweed1@Hollyweed1 Жыл бұрын
    • Give him all the resources show him everything from computer science to physics to chemistry to maths. And then let him choose what he wants to pursue. Don't force astrophysics or any subject on him. He's a genius, he will find his own way in life. Just keep him on track

      @stabgan@stabgan Жыл бұрын
    • That's a genius in the making! BUT don't tell him that. Telling your child they're special sounds like a good idea but from personal experience, it can absolutely ruin their life

      @DumKump@DumKump Жыл бұрын
  • I love the level of humor involved in these talks! Thank you for reducing the seriousness involved with the facts and truths revealed! I wish there were teachers like you guys in school growing up. Please keep the format the same!

    @jaycee7774@jaycee7774 Жыл бұрын
  • I can't tell you how much I enjoy every time NDT speaks. I really want to learn more about quantum mechanics.. Of course, I will never be able to understand it as well as he, but these interviews, commentaries, lectures are helping me get through a very dark period and I am not sure why. But please keep doing these. Thank you.

    @jeffreybreitbart8578@jeffreybreitbart85783 ай бұрын
  • Chuck is HILARIOUS!! I thoroughly enjoy every episode he is in.

    @slipperysteev@slipperysteev8 ай бұрын
  • I love how the chemistry you guys have makes the subject of Quantum mechanics so much more palatable and fun!!!

    @raycruel1@raycruel1 Жыл бұрын
    • On the subject of Quantum mechanics; does this mean to imply that a Volkswagen Quantum can exist as a fully operational unit or operate at some percentage of ability, or even not run at all. This sounds like a job for a Quantum mechanic.

      @johannesnoneoftheabove9957@johannesnoneoftheabove99578 ай бұрын
    • As regards tunneling, that would explain why things go missing unexpectedly and reappear unexpectedly. Super-positioning would explain why things are some-wheres else. (Take an opening where you find it. Aut non. Thank you.)

      @johannesnoneoftheabove9957@johannesnoneoftheabove99578 ай бұрын
  • As a Mechanical Engineer with 25 years experience I can attest you're totally correct in saying that a black surface absorbs photons and electromagnetic waves without irradiating back out. Excellent heat transfer topic.... Following up on the Stefan-Boltzmann LAW. KEEP THIS CONTENT FLOWING...

    @henrickrw@henrickrw Жыл бұрын
    • Black also radiates heat more quickly than white...

      @robertlee4809@robertlee4809 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@robertlee4809How does that work?

      @albirtarsha5370@albirtarsha537011 ай бұрын
  • I believe we were taught this concept using the double-slit test where observation causes decoherence of the quantum state for binary encoding. The quantum tech course at my school used optics and wave-phasing to manipulate the state before the observer causes decoherence. Im hoping I get a chance to build a FDTD numerical approximation for Schrodingers wave equations to get simulation of the embedded states. Super cool stuff with wave theory perspective that electircal engineers get, but also cool to get more of a quantum persepctive

    @iandwyer6658@iandwyer66584 ай бұрын
  • How do you measure the particle states, then? If not with light, can you observe or trace their changes via measuring the electro magnetic fields around them or something ?

    @oscarmp80@oscarmp808 ай бұрын
  • Chuck is actually super more intelligent than he gets credit for or put out himself. He is the essential piece to making science digestible to the general public

    @emines01@emines01 Жыл бұрын
    • At least he doesn't use the phrase "super more intelligent."

      @CHRIS-tg5cn@CHRIS-tg5cn6 ай бұрын
    • Is he????

      @oftenlucid@oftenlucid6 ай бұрын
  • Great episode. You guys are perfect together. Thank you.

    @user-po5le7fz6n@user-po5le7fz6n5 ай бұрын
  • I would love more on quantum show. Im sad, im 63 and i can't become a quantum physics major.. but still am fascinated. I was just born too late. But i still enjoy learning.

    @valeriebolejack5957@valeriebolejack59574 ай бұрын
  • This is why Cats are obsessed with boxes. They've been trying to figure this super position stuff out since they first heard about it.

    @Eremon1@Eremon1 Жыл бұрын
  • Fun fact: Even though it was never shown, there was a special effects prop head of Gwyneth Paltrow in the box. That special effects prop was the same prop made for and used onscreen in the film Contagion.

    @kurtkyre@kurtkyre Жыл бұрын
  • One of the best videos on this topic, and entertaining as well.

    @CharlesCharles-bb6qx@CharlesCharles-bb6qx4 ай бұрын
  • I really love watching Chuck grow in this. Kind of curious to how he would do now with an aptitude test vs when he first started.

    @roblena7977@roblena79772 ай бұрын
  • I think the funniest part of the show is just how tickled Neil is at ALL of Chuck's jokes.

    @iansargent196@iansargent196 Жыл бұрын
    • Chuck a little too 🌽. Love NDT

      @alexro2482@alexro2482 Жыл бұрын
  • Yessss this is such a trippy concept, I'm so happy you did an explainer video on it! Love this! I can listen to Neil explain stuff like this forever 🤣🤩 Thank you🙏🏼🙏🏼

    @nofarDcohen@nofarDcohen Жыл бұрын
    • Glad you liked it!!

      @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
  • It's intriguing what he says at 1:40 about the scientific illiterate who thinks consciousness affects what is observed, as if he wasn't the one who made us think that way when he starred in the Cosmos documentary

    @renanpiva@renanpiva5 ай бұрын
    • Good catch. Contradiction and hubris don't apply to him. So he says. There are all kinds of cult leaders.

      @sun_n_moon@sun_n_moon5 ай бұрын
  • you guys are the best! which I had some of this when I was in school. Would have made it more interesting!!!

    @wraystewart6528@wraystewart65282 ай бұрын
  • This was a delightful quantum psychic lesson

    @likebutton11@likebutton11 Жыл бұрын
    • I would say, more like a PSYCHOTIC on!😷🤤🙂😅🤣😷😉🙃🥺😊😂👍 😎

      @samapade5645@samapade5645 Жыл бұрын
    • I don’t believe it, the cat is dying regardless it anyone is watching, use your brain

      @apapz3245@apapz3245 Жыл бұрын
  • I've been listening to this show ( and looking up! ) for 10 years now. Neil - you are singularly responsible for expediting my curiosity and love of the cosmos. I consider you my generation's Carl Sagan. Chuck - you are the perfect wingman for Neil, and bring so much to the show, kudos brother. Thank you to all involved in StarTalk

    @DurbanFlyboi@DurbanFlyboi Жыл бұрын
  • Such a good team 👏 👍🏾 I love it when they just let chuck be himself and "learning"

    @darianthompson5975@darianthompson59755 ай бұрын
  • I have been waiting a long time to find an explanation of Schrodinger's Cat ... and I am still waiting!

    @user-yo1pk4ky4k@user-yo1pk4ky4kАй бұрын
  • Without question, this is my favorite of you two! Making science look easy AND a new movie to add to my playlist. Seriously though, thank you for sharing.

    @jeffreyhunter4115@jeffreyhunter4115 Жыл бұрын
  • You guys always have a way of making me think of things from a totally different angle than I have before! Thanks guys!

    @BIGREDDOG09@BIGREDDOG09 Жыл бұрын
  • The brief moment mentioning earth having reflective surfaces is so awesome. I wonder what happens at a solar panel farm. do we need to have more surface area collecting energy? Or reflecting it?

    @darylgholson4481@darylgholson44812 ай бұрын
  • The detail about the measurement effect provides significant clarification. Layperson information about things like the double slit experiment mislead by not being nuanced enough to clarify a passive observation outcome versus a measurement-based outcome where the measurement occurs by introducing new energy to the system. I'm guessing that with the double slit experiment, if a passive observation, The particles will remain as a wave as you look at the screen because you're not interacting with the particles other than passively seeing their reflection off of the screen. I have always been confused by demonstrations of this because they use the terminology that makes it appear that the act of just seeing it changes it. But the detail of passive viewing versus introducing energy to view is a very significant detail Is it possible to do these experiments where the "cat" is something giving off energy so that you don't have to introduce energy to get a measurement?

    @antialluvion5118@antialluvion51188 ай бұрын
  • I am a sign language interpreter, and I LOVE learning about STEM topics from you, NDT! You help me understand the topics at a much more comprehensible level, which translates into improving my ability to interpret between complex scientific topics in English and American Sign Language (ASL).

    @TheOpinionatedYouTuber@TheOpinionatedYouTuber Жыл бұрын
  • I love these talks. I find all kinds of science fascinating. How things work, what makes them tick, all of it. I live how you break it up into a simpler way to think about it. The problem is I often listen to them on my personal laptop while I'm working on my work laptop and I focus too much on the video and now what i'm doing at work and I have to keep starting over with what i am doing. LOL

    @JohnnyLeuthard@JohnnyLeuthard Жыл бұрын
  • I never understood Schrodinger's Cat when it was brought up before. But when you explain that you have a cat in a box, but the cat is not a cat; the cat is a quantum particle, the idea of Schrodinger's cat makes much more sense.

    @thatsinteresting3415@thatsinteresting341520 күн бұрын
  • Loving this Channel.

    @topnotch4564@topnotch45645 ай бұрын
  • Loving the content fellas. There is something extra special about the dynamic you guys have going on

    @arethosemyfeet7144@arethosemyfeet7144 Жыл бұрын
    • Call it chemistry! 🧪

      @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
    • @@StarTalk I thought you had more of a ‘physic’al attraction going on

      @arethosemyfeet7144@arethosemyfeet7144 Жыл бұрын
  • I remember when the first Bowmar calculator came out in the early to mid 1970s. It had only the 4 basic functions and cost $180, the monthly rent for my 3-bedroom apartment (split 3 ways). I was taking physics at the time, and I was jealous of those who could afford a calculator because I had to use a lousy slide rule. Today, I have a basic calculator sitting in front of me that cost less than $5, and it does square roots.

    @dutchray8880@dutchray8880 Жыл бұрын
    • Cheers to the endless march of time and the progression of technology. Cin cin!

      @jenniferpatterson4964@jenniferpatterson4964 Жыл бұрын
    • @@jenniferpatterson4964 no there’s a reason civilians thousands of years old kept away from technology

      @mcdonaldization@mcdonaldization Жыл бұрын
    • @@mcdonaldization Um, what? What are you even talking about?

      @jenniferpatterson4964@jenniferpatterson4964 Жыл бұрын
    • Ah yes, the Bowmar Brain

      @cymanca@cymanca Жыл бұрын
    • Was it a 15" Pickett or a 12 incher, or even a "cheeper" one like I had, plastic, and not aluminum. Computer geeks at Purdue extension learning Cobol and Fortran withe their 15" yellow Pickets dangling from their belts like Excalibur in leather scabbards Sneered at them, and they ended up running things

      @johnpetrakis379@johnpetrakis379 Жыл бұрын
  • casually spoiling one of the best endings of a movie ever 😂

    @joshodonnell2270@joshodonnell22702 ай бұрын
  • im confused at 15:04 u said faster than the speed of light but as far as i know its not possible to go faster than the speed of light so did u actually mean it or did u just mean to say at a really fast speed?

    @mystery2156@mystery21568 ай бұрын
  • These guys are the "Bomb", I so relate and appreciate their humor in these discussions. It's fun and somewhat easy to learn, as they say it's never too late to learn something new!! So enjoy this, keep up the great work!! Thanks so much!! Love you guys!!

    @coralie9469@coralie9469 Жыл бұрын
  • Brilliant way of explaining this topic! 👍

    @JohnSmith-vm8rx@JohnSmith-vm8rx2 ай бұрын
  • Addicted to you on amazon. Thank you!

    @richardfife8192@richardfife81924 ай бұрын
  • "Go have another bowl and get back to me" Neil deGrasse Tyson. A quote that gave me inner peace

    @OtayBuckwheat@OtayBuckwheat Жыл бұрын
  • Neil was just born to teach. I wish my science teachers would have taught like he does my life would have takin a different path if they did

    @sonofkami@sonofkami Жыл бұрын
    • Doubt

      @mavis3916@mavis3916 Жыл бұрын
  • I think the reason why a cat was chosen versus a coin is because once in the Box, the coin's movement is theoretically static, however, a cat's movement is theoretically variable, at least for some time until the cat expires. So there is a an assumption of a contribution of additional randomness once the unobserved cat is in the Box versus the coin which is assumed to be predetermined once in. You could also say you don't need a box to run the experiment. If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? The observation theory and simulation Theory answers that question for me. Conservation and efficiency of resources dictate not only does the tree not make a sound, it hasn't fallen until the moment I observe it. That begs the question, if we are in a simulation, are we in it together or is everybody else simply a simulated projection? And if that is the case, why would the individual Observer of those projections be special? Would it be more likely that each projection, including our selves, are artificial intelligence Co-existing in the same simulation? Okay, I'm going into an existential wormhole so I better stop for now 😂

    @MusikIsUniversal@MusikIsUniversal9 ай бұрын
  • I wish I had seen this explainer earlier. Now finally I understand a lot more about quantum science. Thank you Neil.

    @PaulSinnema@PaulSinnemaАй бұрын
  • Truly, Neil Tyson is like a diamond of modern physics.

    @muzzammilpervaiz5296@muzzammilpervaiz5296 Жыл бұрын
    • Neil...diamond...I see what you did there.

      @ericthomas4068@ericthomas40687 ай бұрын
    • I’m sorry you hold this bloviating fool in such high regard.

      @woodrowboudreaux9951@woodrowboudreaux99516 ай бұрын
    • Exactly he only talks about physics NOT QUANTUM PHYSICS…

      @questioneverything609@questioneverything6096 ай бұрын
  • This was hilarious! I just had to clip some of these through Instagram. I love the way he explains things as well! I’ve never understood Schrodinger’s cat until now

    @Kandylanekira@Kandylanekira Жыл бұрын
  • I would absolutely love to sit and discuss things with these two gentlemen. Listening to them makes me want to learn.

    @robertlang4955@robertlang495523 күн бұрын
  • Hilarious! I've never seen a more enjoyable explanation of quantum physics. Excellent, gentlemen!

    @valentinbusuioc4054@valentinbusuioc4054 Жыл бұрын
  • Chuck's imitation of Brad pit asking what's in the box was deaf on! Well done Sir!

    @Jay-cj7xu@Jay-cj7xu Жыл бұрын
  • The simpler more intuitive explanation is the informative travel in to future and the past. There’s a convergence at some point were our future becomes our past.

    @user-qq3bl6py3g@user-qq3bl6py3g8 ай бұрын
  • This guy needs to follow you everywhere.

    @nr126@nr1262 ай бұрын
  • You guys are an awesome duo. Very fun to watch and learn about complicated topics.

    @yesindeed3751@yesindeed3751 Жыл бұрын
    • Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!

      @StarTalk@StarTalk Жыл бұрын
  • Chuck is the only podcast host that genuinely has me laughing out loud along with him

    @123sokker123@123sokker123 Жыл бұрын
  • If all our physical components can be back tracked to atoms and beyond, then where is the transition point between the micro and macro? The Precise Point where it changes... I need a response in order to have any chance of inventing my Super Position Tracker Thingamajig.

    @wayneasiam65@wayneasiam654 ай бұрын
  • Finally a good explanation of this subject ! 👍🏾

    @cippus57@cippus574 ай бұрын
  • Sometimes Chuck hits his stride and is more than just silly. This episode was excellent because Chuck was on fire and Tyson was his usual self. Very helpful, very informative! Thanks for this!

    @holygroove2@holygroove211 ай бұрын
  • My school would have put this on for us to watch, they were very fun and loved to make teaching fun and I truly feel like that's the only reason I still find myself fascinated by new things I don't know much about. Thank you guys!

    @isaiahdarby123@isaiahdarby123 Жыл бұрын
  • Quantum entanglement is one of my favourite parts of Quantum Theory, mainly because of it's application in science fiction. Using quantum entanglement for faster-than-light communication with no discernable limit to range in distance is a really fascinating and practical application of the concept. Among other media, this has been featured in the video game series Mass Effect, which I absolutely adore. So much so that I have the trilogy on two consoles (PS3 and PS4).

    @hollyhartwick3832@hollyhartwick38322 ай бұрын
  • Some comments here are helpful and informative. I learned that Schrodinger use the illustration to point out the absurdity of quantum mechanics, however it might actually help in creating a new and fast computing system.✌️

    @lelouchlamperouge8560@lelouchlamperouge85609 ай бұрын
  • 🤣🤣🤣 I volunteer to go lay out in the sun in a white bathing suit too 🤣 You guys are great

    @mslovelyshot@mslovelyshot Жыл бұрын
  • Neil has always been a favorite of mine. Now that I get to see Chuck, who I had not seen much of, but now he is my favorite comedian now. Neil and Chuck are the best match with comedian and top scientific mind astro style. I love these guys and they brighten my day when I need it

    @scottsutherlin3444@scottsutherlin3444 Жыл бұрын
  • Chuck definitely got his 15 minutes of fame in this video!! He nailed it! ;) Word was that Schrödinger took his sick cat to the Vet. After examination, the Vet to him, "I've got some good news and some bad news..."

    @woodstoney@woodstoney2 ай бұрын
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