Outlasting the Universe
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Published 2024-01-06
Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping.
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REFERENCES
► Dyson, F., 1979, "Time without end: Physics and biology in an open universe", Rev. Modern Phys, 51, 447: ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979RvMP...51..447D
MUSIC
Licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via CC Attribution License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) or with permission from the artist.
0:00 Sid Acharya - Journey
2:49 Sid Acharya - Stories from the Sky
6:11 Falls - Ripley
7:45: Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Four
9:55 Hill - Echoes of Yesterday (open.spotify.com/track/4AfA4TrR2WPUJ6N6Th5j8B?si=e…)
13:18 Hill - The Now Is Only a Thin Slice of Who I Am (open.spotify.com/track/396DSpd9UzSEVNxJORJU1n?si=3…)
19:25: Y - Joachim Heinrich
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All Comments (21)
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It just occurred to me that if any filmmaker and/or major media entity ie, Netflix, Hulu, etc , wanted to make an amazing speculative science fiction film or series that likely would be the best and most thought provoking ever, they need to employ Dr. Kipping. This one and the one he did about a fictional first civilization on our galaxy, were beyond amazing. Just masterpieces of sci fi short story telling imo.
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This was brilliant. That last line "A universe just for me, for ALL TIME" for some reason, made me cry.
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Absolutely stunning David. Your best yet, which is saying a lot.
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I pulled up YouTube to distract myself for a few minutes.. I didn't expect to end my night crying, shaking quietly into my pillow so I don't wake my wife and have to explain the heat death of the universe to someone who just wants to tend her garden and feed her birds. I have no idea what to do with this, but I'm so grateful that you made it.
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What a wonderful work of art. Beautifully written and narrated. Thank you for this upload!
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This was incredible. I did not think at the beginning of this that I would be on the verge of tears at the end, but this was so emotional and thought-provoking that I couldn't help it. Another absolutely amazing video.
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This is probably the best science fiction narration I have ever heard from a Youtuber. Our petty human differences are so meaningless in the grand scheme of our entire spec of existence. Where we've been. Where we're going. If we surpass the Great Filter, hopefully humans can achieve bliss in a otherwise bleak future.
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Not gonna lie this reading/story made me come to tears...i can only think of just how ALONE one must feel in that position and yet feel so obligated to continue because one remembers everything your people used to be.
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I wanna be around people like this to like to think about the universe.
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As a recovering heroin addict I come to this channel to feel things I otherwise couldn't. Every time I think I've permanently damaged my capacity for emotion, these thought experiments prove otherwise. Extremely insightful and profoundly moving. Ty cool worlds.
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JFC. Here I sit, in a Toyota dealer's service waiting room, trying not to ugly cry. Bleak, provocative, and thoughtful. Well done.
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Dr. Kipping, I could listen to you for hours. This narrative, these images, your soothing, gentle voice have woven one of the most beautiful, poignant, and poetic programs I have ever witnessed. Thank you so much. 🌹
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This might be the best sci-fi story I've ever seen. And it's even rooted in true physics as we understand it right now. Amazing and powerful.
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Best wholesome YouTuber that makes astronomy videos, now, and forever. Nobody tops you bro! I really really love how you use philosophy in your videos and stimulate deep thinking, and do it with a longer pause in between sentences to let people think for themselves too, it's not like those no attention span tiktoks and shorts. I appreciate you a lot.
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HOLY COW. No idea why YouTube's algorithm recommended this, but I watched it, and I am now just sitting here in stunned silence. Holy cow. That was amazing.
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I've just been debating with myself for the past 2 hours about how many lives could I realistically live before getting tired of it all. No matter the answer, it just shows how a single video can bring about such creativity and wonder in one's mind!
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This is truly sublime. Alan Watts once said if you could dream a million dreams, eventually you would want a suprising adventure and find yourself where you are now. There is a strange comfort in being a memory of the last being in the universe, dreaming for all of humanity. Thank you Dr. Kipping.
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Thank you for this. While the ending was bleak, I think it is important to understand that no matter how many years you have, the end comes to us all, eventually.
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This is top 3 youtube channels that i watched daily. The knowledge, the story telling is perfect, it makes me thing about life, humanity, tech, universe all in one.
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This was absolutely amazing to watch. Ive sat for about 10 minutes going over it all again in my head and im still lost for words. The music, the story, everything had so much depth. This was honestly a pleasure to watch. I would LOVE to see a full movie made by you dude. 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
