Brian Cox

And by the way, that idea that I think one of the problems we have communicating science and getting young people into science is that idea that you have to somehow be really clever. Yeah. Which is not true at all. It goes back to what I said before, that it's more you have to be comfortable with not knowing. So that's a big step to say I'm not going to guess and I'm OK.

And by the way, that idea that I think one of the problems we have communicating science and getting young people into science is that idea that you have to somehow be really clever. Yeah. Which is not true at all. It goes back to what I said before, that it's more you have to be comfortable with not knowing. So that's a big step to say I'm not going to guess and I'm OK.

If you ask me a question about the origin of the universe, the answer is don't know. So I think it's if, as you said, if you can be comfortable with not having to have a simple, intelligible explanation for something, then you'll make more progress in life. But it's quite difficult. Yes. So it's easy to just go, oh, there's a simpler that thing. Yes. So there's a simpler explanation there.

If you ask me a question about the origin of the universe, the answer is don't know. So I think it's if, as you said, if you can be comfortable with not having to have a simple, intelligible explanation for something, then you'll make more progress in life. But it's quite difficult. Yes. So it's easy to just go, oh, there's a simpler that thing. Yes. So there's a simpler explanation there.

If you ask me a question about the origin of the universe, the answer is don't know. So I think it's if, as you said, if you can be comfortable with not having to have a simple, intelligible explanation for something, then you'll make more progress in life. But it's quite difficult. Yes. So it's easy to just go, oh, there's a simpler that thing. Yes. So there's a simpler explanation there.

And in there he says the most valuable thing is scientists bring this transferable skill to life. And it's that you have a great experience with being wrong. So nature is brutal. And most of the time you come up with some really great theory and you're really sure about it. You do the experiment and you're just wrong. And so you get so used to it that you come to enjoy it.

And in there he says the most valuable thing is scientists bring this transferable skill to life. And it's that you have a great experience with being wrong. So nature is brutal. And most of the time you come up with some really great theory and you're really sure about it. You do the experiment and you're just wrong. And so you get so used to it that you come to enjoy it.

And in there he says the most valuable thing is scientists bring this transferable skill to life. And it's that you have a great experience with being wrong. So nature is brutal. And most of the time you come up with some really great theory and you're really sure about it. You do the experiment and you're just wrong. And so you get so used to it that you come to enjoy it.

Because you're learning. But it's a process. That's why science is so important in schools and experiments are so important. It's not that you just swing a pendulum and there's nothing interesting about that. But it's just that you're learning that there's a gold standard of knowledge, which is nature. And as Feynman said, it doesn't care who you are or what your title is or what your name is.

Because you're learning. But it's a process. That's why science is so important in schools and experiments are so important. It's not that you just swing a pendulum and there's nothing interesting about that. But it's just that you're learning that there's a gold standard of knowledge, which is nature. And as Feynman said, it doesn't care who you are or what your title is or what your name is.

Because you're learning. But it's a process. That's why science is so important in schools and experiments are so important. It's not that you just swing a pendulum and there's nothing interesting about that. But it's just that you're learning that there's a gold standard of knowledge, which is nature. And as Feynman said, it doesn't care who you are or what your title is or what your name is.

Or you may have been elected with 99% votes in whatever it is. It doesn't matter. Nature just doesn't care. And so the more you interrogate nature, even as a kid at school with a little experiment with a battery and a light or something, you learn that there's a reality and you learn what it takes to acquire reliable knowledge about the world. And reliable knowledge is important. Yeah.

Or you may have been elected with 99% votes in whatever it is. It doesn't matter. Nature just doesn't care. And so the more you interrogate nature, even as a kid at school with a little experiment with a battery and a light or something, you learn that there's a reality and you learn what it takes to acquire reliable knowledge about the world. And reliable knowledge is important. Yeah.

Or you may have been elected with 99% votes in whatever it is. It doesn't matter. Nature just doesn't care. And so the more you interrogate nature, even as a kid at school with a little experiment with a battery and a light or something, you learn that there's a reality and you learn what it takes to acquire reliable knowledge about the world. And reliable knowledge is important. Yeah.

How do we how do we form a view of and it can be very important questions. It can be questions like what happens if we carry on putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, for example, whatever your politics are. It's a legitimate question, a good question. Right. So are we going to influence the climate if we carry on doing this?

How do we how do we form a view of and it can be very important questions. It can be questions like what happens if we carry on putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, for example, whatever your politics are. It's a legitimate question, a good question. Right. So are we going to influence the climate if we carry on doing this?

How do we how do we form a view of and it can be very important questions. It can be questions like what happens if we carry on putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, for example, whatever your politics are. It's a legitimate question, a good question. Right. So are we going to influence the climate if we carry on doing this?

and so how do we then address that as a question you can't do it by going back to your political affiliation or your belief system you've got to try and understand this complicated system which is the climate of a planet so you make measurements of the thing and you build some models and computer models and there's a very famous saying that all models are wrong because they're models right so but they're the best you can do so you have a go and

and so how do we then address that as a question you can't do it by going back to your political affiliation or your belief system you've got to try and understand this complicated system which is the climate of a planet so you make measurements of the thing and you build some models and computer models and there's a very famous saying that all models are wrong because they're models right so but they're the best you can do so you have a go and

and so how do we then address that as a question you can't do it by going back to your political affiliation or your belief system you've got to try and understand this complicated system which is the climate of a planet so you make measurements of the thing and you build some models and computer models and there's a very famous saying that all models are wrong because they're models right so but they're the best you can do so you have a go and