Size, Distance, and Time in the Universe | Soft-Spoken ASMR (3.5 Hours)
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Published 2021-07-16
Description: Tonight we explore the often misrepresented concepts of size, distance, and even time on cosmological scales.
Check out my deep dive into the furthest galaxies found by the new Webb Space Telescope: • (Documentary) The James Webb Space Te... . And if whispering is more your speed, try my 5.5-hour-long: "1000 Space Facts Part 2: Nebulae and Extraterrestrials": • 1000 Space Facts Pt. 2 (Extraterrestr...
Thanks to all my generous supporters (across Patreon, Paypal, Venmo, the Tingles app, and amazing gifts to the PO Box) who have helped the channel over the years.
A remarkable quote:
“A very popular error- having the courage of one's own convictions; rather, it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's own convictions” - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:56 parallax and distance to the Moon
30:36 distance to Alpha Centauri if Earth was a marble
32:10 how the Sun's light rays are parallel anywhere on Earth (Earth is 8,000 mi across, Sun is 800,000 miles across but 116x further away at 93,000,000 miles)
45:35 often-misrepresented aspects of existence (importance of proper scales)
54:56 "To Scale: The Solar System" • To Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEM
1:03:30 linking psychology and astronomy: the social environment shaped our ancestor's cognition (and so ours, too) perhaps more than the physical environment
1:10:24 deeper dive into commonly distorted aspects of existence (history, progress, time, data, society, technology)
1:26:49 million vs billion: better understanding the universe across orders of magnitude (perspectives along exponential/logarithmic scales and rates of change)
1:37:00 recipe for making the solar system to scale
1:40:01 behind the scenes
1:42:36 pyramids to andromeda: my desk pictures as examples of orders of magnitudes across space
1:49:42 million vs billion part 2
1:57:04 parallax and distance to the Moon part 2 medium.com/@DeeAlexandria/how-to-measure-the-dista…
2:02:11 the slow and very impressive accumulation of knowledge, the astronomy book amzn.to/3ksfr56
2:08:09 an example of why misrepresentation confuses me (parallax)
2:11:34 beginning our solar system
2:31:21 taking our measurements of the planets
2:37:29 assembling our mr pencil compass (not sponsored) amzn.to/3rmH80r
2:46:04 drawing the inner solar system to scale
3:04:56 our baseball-field model of the inner solar system m
3:06:03 an overtired baby giving grandma a hard time
3:06:51 comparing Earth, Mars and the Sun's mass and diameters
3:12:40 completing the solar system model (on my desk and on the baseball field)
►Equipment used:
(video editor) Final Cut Pro apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro/id424389933?mt…
(mic) Rode NT1-A amzn.to/2Da4CBa
(other mic) Blue Yeti amzn.to/33jNrYA
(USB interface) Scarlette 2i2 amzn.to/316c7kG
(computer) MacBook Pro 16" amzn.to/3jXRuzT
(camera) iPhone 11 (1080p, sometime use 60 fps) amzn.to/2PjT2pz
(mic mount) Desk-mounted mic boom amzn.to/33kMK1s
(mouse) silent-click mouse amzn.to/3jZMrit
►my ASMR playlists...
▸Space: • Playlist: Space
▸History: • Playlist
▸Science: • Playlist
▸Philosophy: • Playlist
All Comments (21)
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New video about the birth of the Solar System: https://youtu.be/YOD3kXQ8w1s?si=vT-v8xlpKer6wWsa
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I put my headphones in before bed, had some ear cleaning asmr going.... Woke up at 3am to this guy explaining the universe. I'm not mad about it.
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did "we are the universe trying to understand itself" blow anyone else's mind or is it just me... that is the most amazing and beautiful concept ever
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3 hours of a masterpiece. If you fall asleep, It worked and if you didn’t, it also worked. Well done. Really great job
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The amount of space between objects in the Universe is... vastly underrated.
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I took two semesters of Astronomy in college, and loved it, but I never even understood what Trigonometry was until I watched this video. Kind of mind-blowing. I wish math was taught this way in school. Thanks man, you are doing good work.
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Honestly I love that this has music in the background, it makes everything so much more dreamy and relaxing
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ASMR is absolutely the best tool to learn / memorize things! Only relaxed mind is curious and absorbs facts easily! I've noticed how I learn new English words (it's not my native language) just by watching / listening ASMR videos. And that happens without any effort. Pure magic!
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Pov: it's 2am, you can't sleep and you don't know yet if this video is helping because of his relaxing voice or if it's keeping you up because of the topic
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This channel is insanely underrated!! This guy could narrate documentaries!
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Finally someone came up with the idea of combining asmr with the reflection of the endlessness of space. Framing ones existence in the context of the universes history is something very calming, talking out of experience.
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Cant imagine how laborious this video cut was. Your voice is also very relaxing. Good job!
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For 4 nights, I've been trying to watch this video whole and I keep falling asleep 🤣 it's sooooo relaxing, but then I wake up frustrated cause I fell asleep 🤣 You killin' me mate 💜
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Why isn’t your content a Netflix series?
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I can’t imagine how much editing you did for this video. It’s clearly a labor of love. I’m very impressed! Great work!
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You always humbly say, “it’s probably because I’m a bad teacher”, but I just wanted to say I feel like you’re an amazing teacher! I always learn a lot from these videos in the most calming easily absorbable way possible.
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Hi, just wanted to let you know I've had this video in my sleep playlist for months and I still haven't gotten tired of it, I can't imagine the time and effort you've put into this. It feels like an expensive book I should treasure.
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holy mother of pearl, how we’ve waited!
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Now that I've heard of how small we really are in the universe, I can imagine how an atom must feel when trying to understand how big a human is.
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Anyone else just want to learn all there is to know about the universe while tryna fall asleep at 2 in the morning.
