A Polarizing Discovery About the Big Bang!

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[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

So when Will Smith was talking about "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It", he was really making a profound statement about the creation of the universe.

[AlltimeConspiracies]

You were certainly quick onto this one! Thanks minutephysics! 

[Srabh]

"If their finding are correct"
I loved this line, this is why science works.

[fernank]

gotta love that scientific method curve-ball at the end, "assuming, of course that their results are confirmed, by other experiments."

[thecassman]

First The Higgs Boson and now this.... We truly are living in a golden age of scientific discovery. Genuinely exciting times.

[starvetodeath]

1:50 "...assuming of course that their results are confirmed by other experiments" 

And THIS is why I love science. It's never presumptuous no matter how exciting the narrative that the results imply.

[thejerrymobile]

In the first 20 seconds of this video, you explained polarization more concisely than I had ever heard it done. 

[Minutelabsio]

Glad to hear the familiar MinutePhysics bassline music in the background :)

[kangaroosterteeth]

I was laying on my bed when my buddy texted me "Look up CMB, new news." I then did that and was very surprised. I giggled like a school girl in an anime I was so happy about the discovery. I hope this can be confirmed multiple times.

[QuantumOverlord]

Look out for noble prizes in the next couple of years for this. I cannot enphasise how huge this is. 

[davidrust]

It may be awaiting confirmation, but this is pretty damn cool.

[MobiusCoin]

There's been a lot of stories about this lately in the media. This is the first explanation where it kinda made sense. Thanks for using my rudimentary understanding from my high school physics days to help me connect the dots.

[FAYMprod]

this is about 1.5 more minutes of physics than i can handle

[GustavoMaciel]

I didn't understand the discovery at first, but then I saw this video and now I'm sure I'll never understand it

[Re_Kitty]

that book mentioned at the end... should totally be the sequel to gravity. :D 

[TheBossHaas]

Damn, guys! I spent half of yesterday reading the actual paper, trying to understand the hubbub, and you lay it all out in under two minutes. Hats off to you; well done.

[CapitalCCapitalC]

look at how far our inquiring minds can go when we keep searching for answers rather than settling on the idea that some unknown force is in control of everything. its exciting to know that we can keep learning forever.

[randomnumbers]

"The details are complicated" 

No shit :D

[jordanjamison]

It's been so long since a MinutePhysics. Thanks for returning! Great video :D
I love learning from this channel

[RedrunLoL]

I love it when science just blows me away.