Brian Cox

Yeah. Yeah. And so that's what I love about. One of the things I love about science is it often gets presented, you know, because I talk about science a lot in public and it can often seem arrogant. I think it can seem, you know, like these people are saying, well, this is the way the world is. And you might say, well, you know, how are you to say this?

Yeah. Yeah. And so that's what I love about. One of the things I love about science is it often gets presented, you know, because I talk about science a lot in public and it can often seem arrogant. I think it can seem, you know, like these people are saying, well, this is the way the world is. And you might say, well, you know, how are you to say this?

The thing I like about it, personally, and the reason for its success, is that really you have to be delighted when you're wrong. It's the key to science. It's been said many times, Richard Feynman, the great physicist, said it. If your goal is to understand nature, so that's what you want to do, So you've not got an ego or anything. You don't want to prove right. You just want to understand.

The thing I like about it, personally, and the reason for its success, is that really you have to be delighted when you're wrong. It's the key to science. It's been said many times, Richard Feynman, the great physicist, said it. If your goal is to understand nature, so that's what you want to do, So you've not got an ego or anything. You don't want to prove right. You just want to understand.

The thing I like about it, personally, and the reason for its success, is that really you have to be delighted when you're wrong. It's the key to science. It's been said many times, Richard Feynman, the great physicist, said it. If your goal is to understand nature, so that's what you want to do, So you've not got an ego or anything. You don't want to prove right. You just want to understand.

Then being wrong. So if this idea of dark energy and dark matter turns out to be wrong, all scientists or good scientists will be absolutely delighted because it'd be tremendously exciting that we'd ruled out this picture. It'd be great to rule out this picture. So there isn't such a thing as dark matter. And dark energy. It's all nonsense.

Then being wrong. So if this idea of dark energy and dark matter turns out to be wrong, all scientists or good scientists will be absolutely delighted because it'd be tremendously exciting that we'd ruled out this picture. It'd be great to rule out this picture. So there isn't such a thing as dark matter. And dark energy. It's all nonsense.

Then being wrong. So if this idea of dark energy and dark matter turns out to be wrong, all scientists or good scientists will be absolutely delighted because it'd be tremendously exciting that we'd ruled out this picture. It'd be great to rule out this picture. So there isn't such a thing as dark matter. And dark energy. It's all nonsense.

We were barking up the wrong tree, looking in the wrong direction. It's something else, which should be more wonderful, undoubtedly, than that theory that we have. So I think it's a humble pursuit, ultimately, science. And that's the reason for its success, because you're just trying to understand how things work. You're not trying to, you know, you shouldn't be anyway.

We were barking up the wrong tree, looking in the wrong direction. It's something else, which should be more wonderful, undoubtedly, than that theory that we have. So I think it's a humble pursuit, ultimately, science. And that's the reason for its success, because you're just trying to understand how things work. You're not trying to, you know, you shouldn't be anyway.

We were barking up the wrong tree, looking in the wrong direction. It's something else, which should be more wonderful, undoubtedly, than that theory that we have. So I think it's a humble pursuit, ultimately, science. And that's the reason for its success, because you're just trying to understand how things work. You're not trying to, you know, you shouldn't be anyway.

Good scientists are not trying to be the person that got it right. You're not trying, you know, you're not trying to do it. There's obviously human failure. Everyone's got fragility and everyone's human, you know, an ego. But ultimately, you're just trying to understand how things work.

Good scientists are not trying to be the person that got it right. You're not trying, you know, you're not trying to do it. There's obviously human failure. Everyone's got fragility and everyone's human, you know, an ego. But ultimately, you're just trying to understand how things work.

Good scientists are not trying to be the person that got it right. You're not trying, you know, you're not trying to do it. There's obviously human failure. Everyone's got fragility and everyone's human, you know, an ego. But ultimately, you're just trying to understand how things work.

Yeah. So we had one of the reasons we built that telescope was to what it does, because it can see very distant things and because light travels at a finite speed, the further out into the universe you look, the further back in time you're looking.

Yeah. So we had one of the reasons we built that telescope was to what it does, because it can see very distant things and because light travels at a finite speed, the further out into the universe you look, the further back in time you're looking.

Yeah. So we had one of the reasons we built that telescope was to what it does, because it can see very distant things and because light travels at a finite speed, the further out into the universe you look, the further back in time you're looking.

So because that can see things from which the light has been traveling for over 13 billion years, then you're seeing things as they were in the first billion years or a few hundred thousand years in the history of the universe, right, essentially. So, well, a few hundred million years, sorry, I should have said.

So because that can see things from which the light has been traveling for over 13 billion years, then you're seeing things as they were in the first billion years or a few hundred thousand years in the history of the universe, right, essentially. So, well, a few hundred million years, sorry, I should have said.

So because that can see things from which the light has been traveling for over 13 billion years, then you're seeing things as they were in the first billion years or a few hundred thousand years in the history of the universe, right, essentially. So, well, a few hundred million years, sorry, I should have said.