Michio Kaku, who was inspired by Albert Einstein at a young age and has spent his life exploring the “God Equation,” speaks eloquently about string theory and the vibrations of life. You can learn more about his work in his bestselling book, “The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything.” #Colbert #TheGodEquation #MichioKaku
While an intriguing idea, there is not a single piece of evidence that strings are the fundamental building blocks. I like the way he talks about it, but he presents it as a fact (which it is not). There is so far only a mathematical framework indicating that strings could explain the universe we observe, but they also predict stuff we don’t, like 10-dimensional spacetime, supersymmetry, etc… It sounds more like a religion than science at this point – a religion based on maths instead of myths.
ReplyOrder and chaos must be equivalent or the cosmos becomes entropic. Music is merely the perception of order, chaos is the perception of stasis.
ReplyThat guy made me spill my bong water!
ReplyPhysics of the Impossible is a fun read as well. In it he classifies different sci-fi technologies into the Kardashev Scale and he estimates the amount of time humans in this reality could take to develop such technologies.
ReplyKaku is still popularizing a dead-end theory… many string theorists have lost faith in it. A better book to read is “Lost in Math” by theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, about what went wrong in theoretical physics the last few decades.
ReplyThank you for generously giving 3 minutes to Michio Kaku
ReplyEverything is music
ReplyMusic is Everything
Disregard females.
Build particle accelerators.
What an absolute legend.
ReplyOh, shut up.
ReplyThat’s what String theory is?
Now it makes sense
So, the String is a one dimensional line whose vibrations result in three dimensional space (?)
I didn’t go beyond University first year biophysics
ReplyThe mind of whatever You like.
Reply“The Mind of God is Cosmic Music” and we are dancing to it.
ReplyAnyone else not follow this? I’m confused, though I believe that deeply pondering important things like this is important, as it’s prayer.
Replythe worst
ReplyI don’t think Steve gave him enough props…
ReplyPlease tell me there is more to Mr Kaku’s interview ….
ReplyPshh string theory lol the math never works. Look at the math first and last.
ReplyGod is more then just the background song of existence.
ReplyGod is space, God is Time, God is the Laws of Nature,
Physics, Magnetism, Gravity, Love, Anger, All Emotions, Dreams,
Chemical Reactions, Mutation, God is Evolution.
Stephen Colbert Michio Kanu the mind of god is harmonies You can write
ReplyGood, thank you so much .I believe in this theory .
Reply“Music of tiny particles.” Let yours vibrate harmoniously world. TY for PhD. Michio Kaku and the explanation of the God equation.
ReplyWow
Reply“I would see a rubber band”. Too many people would take that literally.
ReplyGod is still just a mythological figure.
ReplyEverything he said after 2:34 – :::::MIND BLOWN::: !!!!!!!!!
ReplyI was pretty bummed out that this was a commercial instead of an interview.
ReplyBrilliant! This is HOW god is all that is. Energy cannot be created or destroyed – only changed – by changing its vibration it can become anything. So there really is nothing other than energy. You can call that whatever you want but god works as well as anything else 🙂
Replymichio so full of it.
ReplyThe mind of God is a Dulcimer.
Prove me wrong.
ReplySo.. I was right. Sound is the most important thing in the universe.
ReplyI wonder if Michio is familiar with Frank Zappa’s Big Note theory. He was talking about this kind of stuff decades ago.
ReplyHe did say music is the only religion that delivers the goods…
I hate it when a highly educated and respected scientist uses the word “theory” to refer to something that is not only unproven due to lack of evidence, but is most likely unobservable by any means possible (since the strings in string “theory” are dozens of orders of magnitude smaller than subatomic particles, down at the Planck scale) and therefore can never have evidence found proving their existence in order for the string hypothesis to be elevated to the level of theory.
ReplyI love listening to Michio speak. He explains complex things in easily understood words.
ReplyI was hoping for a Silmarillion reference to the world being created by music…. cmon Stephen
Reply“Always been confused by the yin and the yang.
ReplyThey say it comes out in the wash,
but it always leaves a stain.”
-Tom Waits
If only Pythagoras had been born 2500 years later!
ReplySir..we all are tiny vibrations of mind of god..so god knows us all from inside and collect our all data, process it and results us in our life… Karma is everything God plays in its Symphony…Love you Sir. Love is the best Super Symphony by vibrating Strings…
ReplyMy mom wouldn’t even let me make a suit of armor out of cardboard for Halloween in the garage.
ReplyThe music of the Ainur?
ReplyBoom… Mind blown.
ReplyMind of god is cosmic music
ReplyIluvatar: hold my beer
As Stephen knew all along, Tolkien was right. <3
ReplyThis guy is just spouting platitudes and cliches. What the hell? Is that what he thinks NDT does?
ReplyMusic is deliberately sequenced, Sound is not, unless its deliberately sequenced – void is form and form is void
ReplyI’m sorry but “the mind of God is cosmic music” makes 0 sense, if you think that is even a meaningful phrase, you are too high. XD
ReplyI see nothing in nature that uses Boolean Algebra on binary bits.
ReplyNot sure if Stephen believes this guy, being that he is a Catholic . Not really the idea of a God they are used to 🙂
ReplyYep, string theory is a religion, not a science. Scientific theories produce testable hypotheses. If something doesn’t produce a testable hypothesis, then it’s mathematics or philosophy or religion, but not science. There have been no empirical tests of string theory. None. Zip. There is just as much empirical evidence for angels, heaven, and hell as there is for strings, supersymmetry, and compactified extra dimensions. It means nothing to me that some scientists find string theory beautiful. Religious people find their beliefs about the supernatural beautiful. So what?
ReplyI totally use that quote from his parallel worlds book as something to break up ruminating thoughts, so it’s super weird and cool to actually hear him saying it 🙂
ReplyThe artifact of a swastika is flobby with stazzle and a jumble that tumbled. That is a skeleton, human heart, signature, internal combustion engine, animation of Big bang and a wave. That unify the universe you can’t do with math. A swastika is simplest rendering possible that hitler ruined. We must reclaim it for the astronauts.
ReplyI adore the idea of string theory. And I worship music. Cheers!
ReplyWow!!
ReplyNow, how did Stephen miss an opportunity to gush about Eru Illuvatar singing the universe into existence with his chorus of Maiar and Valar?
Replymichio is that kid from short circuit (johnny 5) grown up
Replyok, so you build a particle accelerator and blow out a fuse… something doesnt add up
ReplyI love Michio, but is a little bit annoying to hear the same stories and the same jokes in all documentaries and interviews.
ReplyHe’s one of the few – Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson come to mind – who can express the most obtuse concepts in simple and compelling images. What’s interesting is that thousands of years ago Pythagoras viewed the universe in musical terms and the theorem that still bears his name began as an investigation of musical harmonies.
ReplySheldon ?
ReplyI feel like there should be a cover charge and a 2 drink minimum for this interview…lol
ReplyWhy can’t I find a nice Japanese girlfriend?
ReplyS.C. let him talk.
ReplyNo wonder Michio Kaku looks like a composer.
ReplySounds very similar to “The Music of the Ainur” chapter in The Silmarillion… Stephen that was your chance!!
ReplyYES!!! Yes! Yes! Yes!
ReplyThe Universe is a symphony, so why not dance?
ReplyI can pretty much guess what’s in Stephen’s mind right now: so…just as the Illuvatar n his minion create middle earth through song eh…
Replyi would have more respect for michio kaku if he didnt put the word god on the title of a book about physics, or say stuff like “the mind of god is a symphony of strings”. its just really dumbs things down to a damaging degree. neil tyson on the other hand – thats a real science communicator. michio is just hawkin books now. einstein would be disappointed.
Replyever since they found the Higgs particle was not in 2 places but it was the space that over lapped that opened it up to the muon vibration it wont be long now before the truth starts overflowing, Then its on like donkey kong! Omnipresence is not Exclusive to deities as everything is everywhere will start to make sense. What Today is fringe Remote Viewing experiments will Become Childs play to how epic and inconceivable that which will emerge from this will be…
ReplyString theory is just an attempt to unify the forces of nature and make Einstein’s theory of relativity compatible with quantum mechanics. The math works out if we assume particles are made of tiny vibrating strands of energy in multiple dimensions (like 10 or 26)
ReplyIt all boils down to waves (vibrating strings) Light waves, sound waves, radio waves, etc
ReplyI personally think of the strings as neutrino compactions that absorb and reflect different sub-quantum wavelengths into percievable reality. Dark matter too, but a density field that exists in such a relatively low energy state so as to be immatarium yet still able to hold and carry these “colours” of the “rainbow”.
Did the sisters three not weave strings to be thee?
ReplyAwesome
ReplyThat vibration my ladies and gents which responds to frequencies is called “Kundalini”…
ReplyReally wish these scientist would stop using the word “God” this way. All it does is encourage the ignorant relgious zealots to twist the meaning into science admitting there is a god which this is clearly not.
ReplyI think this is the first time my mind has been blown in a positive way in about three years
ReplyI was always so confused about what string theory meant and this man summarized it in several sentences better than any professor, teacher, book, or article I have ever encountered
ReplyCase Closed.
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ReplySo Frank was right: Music is the best.
ReplyOf course when scientists say mind of a god they mean as a metaphor, not a literal god
ReplyI think Walter White would approve of that explanation of chemistry
ReplyWOW!
ReplyGooblegook.
ReplyThat… was beautiful.
Replyfascinating questions to ponder based on actual cutting research while people are stuck on horoscopes, ancient aliens and whether God is the son or the holy spirit or neither.
ReplyI feel like the segments with scientists are always so short 🙁
ReplyWord, sound, power.
ReplyI understood everything…said no one O_o
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