Aug 24 2009
A Series of Michio Kaku Videos that Will Blow Your Mind
I know that this post differs from the usual theme of the site as it’s not explicitly video game, TV or movie related. Rather, it’s a series of videos featuring Harvard-educated physics theorist talking about all sorts of revolutionary scientific happenings, most of which you probably didn’t even know existed.
This may sound boring, and to some it may be, but if you like science fiction as I do, you should be really interested in what Kaku has to say about aliens, time travel, teleportation, invisibility, artificial intelligence, black holes and our universe and perceptions of reality in general.
I spent the better part of the afternoon watching these videos, and by the end, I felt like A) I really should have studied more in school and B) I’m a very small piece of a massive universe (or multiverse as the case may be). I think if you watch a few, you’ll be hooked for the rest like I was, and due to Kaku’s plain spoken explanations, you’ll be able to grasp concepts that have taken geniuses centuries to unearth and really feel like you’ve learned some truly cool shit.
Aliens and Physics
The Multiverse
The Three Types of Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Mini Black Holes and the Large Hadron Collider
Invisibility
Time Travel
The Fountain of Youth
Artificial Intelligence
Teleportation
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Kaku is great. I first read about him when I was reading something about civilizations and the energy they are able to consume. We’re very low on the totem pole in that system.
If you like Kaku, you should check out some of the writings/lectures of Ray Kurzweil…
i LOVE Michio!!
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I’m sorry, I want to be impressed by him, but I get the feeling he’s talking about things where he is not an expert. For example, fountain of youth? Terrorism? When did he become an expert on what terrorists fear?
He states theories or ideas as fact, when they are currently beyond anyones expertise. For example, talking about type-1, 2 and 3 civilizations. Until we actually meet civilizations, no one knows what they do or what they are capable. Stating as fact that a type-2 civilization can stop a supernova is really pop pandering.
@ Richard
No offense, but I think you’re really missing the point about the classifications of civilizations.
Do we really have to see something for ourselves to conceive it? If that were the case, we’d still be in the stone age.
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