The Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture 2012: Professor Brian Cox

A scientist in the media

[davidfield]

We're so lucky to live in an age where each of us can attend this lecture in the comfort of our own homes. A couple decades ago and we wouldn't have even known about it.

[jestermoon]

Take A Moment
Star's died and here we are.
Let's chat about it rather than fighting about it.
This planet is all we have
We can do this
Stay Safe
Stay Free

[billbooth]

It is always a pleasure to listen to Brian Cox. It is a shame we had such a poor photographer thanks to whom we, video audiences completely missed what the attendees saw when Brian projected the films.

[Hoyacoder]

"Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation."

Richard P. Feynman

[stephenheiden]

Since the Higgs was found in 2012 this is not from 2017 —maybe it was posted then— but it’s damned unscientific neglecting its creation date. Also—churlish of the lion cub filmmakers to deny Dr Cox broadcast use of that clip.
Now unburdened with gripes, would like to mention this lecture was wonderful and Dr Brian Cox is a radiant polymath genius of our age.

[bulentunal]

Excellent, thanks you for your wonderful presentation, couldn't be better Brian!

[colmkphotography]

Amazing is to small a word to quantify what Brian Cox has presented here in this video and his inspiration from Carl Sagan is glorious, isn't science amazing.

[dylan]

gravity comes about through the movement of matter like magnetic field from movement of electron

[redreuben]

Who thinks Brian should be the next Dr Who ?

[kennyrennie]

Just the right amount of comments to read before it actually starts.
Goodnight

[danielhaslam]

Other than the casual satanic chants seemingly happening behind Brian’s mic, this was greatly enjoyable.

[karhukivi]

Ernest Walton written out of the script?

[billbooth]

The photographer went to sleep I think, because while Brian shows the audience a clip, we see the audience! (instead of the actual clip).

[FlockOfHawks]

please change that horrible thumbnail

i'd suggest a frame from around 54:15, where he reads Sagan and we vaguely see the pale blue dot

[cristinafontenla]

We may be traveling a different space-time "road". That is why we do not encounter other life forms that may exist in the universe...?

[peterroberts]

Now that i know it, i will do my best to forget it.

[Remnants]

Prof Cox would do well to slow down slightly during his presentation. Although I enjoy immensely what he has to say, I come away with an impression of someone in a desperate rush to get the message across. My observation in no way diminishes from the high regard in which he is held.

[ZeHoSmusician]

1:00:14 "What happens if/after you find the Higgs particle?"
Physicists in the audience: "She did _not_ just ask that!"
Brian Cox, in his mind: "My professionalism prevents me from abruptly ending this talk."

[omegapointil]

Religion is a ballast to progress in civilization. There are people of Faith who've done good works and continue to. They're engaged in helping the poor and charities but, there are those using religion to empower themselves and aspire to gain mastery over all of us. Its been demonstrated historically that whenever religious zealots gain control over a population they've evolved towards dominating them and coercing their beliefs to conform with theirs by force. They deliberately ignore reason and substitute Faith they reference from their authoritative texts. That logically is nothing but a sophistry that gets twisted towards their self promotion. Science and the reason its grounded in is tacitly in competition with Faith for relevance by a majority. Reason is only rational insofar as that it can be demonstrated and repeated via trial and error/cause and effect exhibition. Therein it contains a failsafe mechanism for honesty even rationality -- verifiability. The existence of Civilization itself may find itself in the balance out of the competition between the two approaches to understanding our place and what direction to take it. The said witnessings of sheepherders' and the little voices in their heads should never be taken as an authority. The religious rights' leaders have taken the fear and angst that comes with unfulfilled lives and hammered it into mass hysteria. Its being reinforced daily and practically immutable by now. Maybe, when the capability arrives, we can query a super computer from the future, how we can combat the phenomenon of religion and save Mankind from .... Crazy.

[jensbang]

Can't hear what's being said