Comments by "nexus1g" (@nexus1g) on "TED-Ed" channel.

  1. A college degree means one thing: I've invested this time because this is what I really want to do with my life. It doesn't mean you're good at the job. It doesn't mean you know anything. It just shows commitment to something. You don't need a college degree to do that as long as you have a way to show off your skills. For instance, do you think you need an MBA in order to be a CEO when you have a proven track record of running businesses? Experience in the field is worth more than a degree.
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  2. I believe that people would be polarized and politically [read morally] segregated without political parties. That's because of the dichotomy of concepts. One person may feel that a criminal caught in the act of murder should be killed while another doesn't. That dichotomy would exist even without political parties.
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  3. So let's look at this: The Universe is estimated to be about 15,000,000,000 years old. Let's say, on a good run, an advanced civilization lasts 10,000 years before it collapses. That leaves a .0000006% chance that their radio waves would be hitting us. Now consider the fact that, on the low estimate, there are 200,000,000,000 stars in the Milky Way and we have a handful of radio telescopes checking in on just a few thousand of those stars, you start to see why we haven't found proof of anything.
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  4. For instance, if you flip a coin 10 times, you're most likely not going to be 50/50 as you know it should be. But if you flip it 10,000 times, you're going to be 50/50 or very, very close to it.
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  5. We'll use the double-slit experiment as an example. When you shoot an electron gun through the two slits, you see that you get a wave interference pattern. That's predictable -- you know you're going to get that pattern every time. But you only start get that pattern after trillions of electrons have passed through. Shoot a handful of electrons through, and there will be no distinguishable pattern. But we see this kind of thing up to the macro level with statistics.
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  6. There's no question there's order; it's observable in our every day life. If there were no order, the study of physics would be impossible.
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  7. Quantum probability. It's not entirely random. While, yes, it's impossible -- at least at this time -- to predict what a single quantum particle will do in response to stimuli, a sample matrix of quantum particles exposed to the same stimulus will cause most of the particles to react in a predictable manner. The larger the sample, the more predictable the result.
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  8. Are you sure that hinds is meant to be rear end and not a female deer (known for their skittishness of course)? That's what I always took it as anyway.
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  9. If you don't mind me taking an aside, it sounds like you have a bit of a new-agey view of quantum physics rather than an accurate view of it.
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  10. You've gone from an idea to what we in America have actually in practice and the latter is something I'm not interested in talking about.
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  11. I really like the way you phrased that. It includes a much broader scope than just sitting in a classroom.
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  12. I myself an am agnostic atheist. I do not believe in any religion or description of a god as we understand there to be as the empirical evidence, though in itself is weak, does not convince me of a deity. Though I realize also that we know too little to truly rule out intelligent creation. The nature of such a being, if one exists, is unknown. However, I agree with you that strong atheism is unfounded and typically the result of lack of thought, unclear thought or emotional reasoning.
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  13. I always felt there was a little word play in there because a hart is the protective buck.
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  14. It frustrates me when people get a bachelor's degree then question, "Where's the meritocracy?" when they don't get a job.
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  15. I personally call them energy wasting machines.
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  16. The example was purely for demonstration. YouTube comment limits of 500 characters kind of inhibits full dissertations on subjects. Let's back up and look at what a party is. A party is an ideology which matches the desires of the people. Whether you call it a party, a religion, a tribe, a community or whatever, it's all the same thing: people with common goals and beliefs coming together.
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  17. You have to first assume that there was a time with no order.
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  18. Being so unwaveringly adverse to the possibility of a deity (no matter the nature of that deity with "deity" being relative to our existence) is simply asinine. Strong atheism follows no logic and is based on the emotional disdain of religion. Weak (or agnostic) atheism is where an objective thinker lives.
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  19. You should do a video covering atomic force relative to the other forces.
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  20. Political parties are a spawn of individualism. Everyone wants something different and those like minds come together and promote a leader to represent their interests. Alternatives would be an anarchist, undeveloped society or socialist/communist/dictatorial regime that oppresses all opposition. But that doesn't mean the parties don't exist -- they're just underground.
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  21. Purpose assumes intelligent creation.
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