Dr. Brian Keating

And everything is new.

Are you familiar with the poem by Walt Whitman? Yes. It's called When I Heard the Learned Astronomer. Oh, no. Yes, this is a different one. Oh, okay. And it's really, they believe it was sort of written around the mid to late 1800s, and he had heard a lecture about the recently discovered planet Neptune. So Neptune was discovered in a most remarkable way.

Are you familiar with the poem by Walt Whitman? Yes. It's called When I Heard the Learned Astronomer. Oh, no. Yes, this is a different one. Oh, okay. And it's really, they believe it was sort of written around the mid to late 1800s, and he had heard a lecture about the recently discovered planet Neptune. So Neptune was discovered in a most remarkable way.

Are you familiar with the poem by Walt Whitman? Yes. It's called When I Heard the Learned Astronomer. Oh, no. Yes, this is a different one. Oh, okay. And it's really, they believe it was sort of written around the mid to late 1800s, and he had heard a lecture about the recently discovered planet Neptune. So Neptune was discovered in a most remarkable way.

It was the first object we would call dark matter. We saw its unseen gravitational pull, a conflicting and affecting the orbit of an inner planet Uranus, which is closer to the sun. We didn't know why the anomalous behavior of the inner planet was being affected. It was predicted to exist. Truly dark matter discovered. And Whitman, you know, was kind of reacting to that.

It was the first object we would call dark matter. We saw its unseen gravitational pull, a conflicting and affecting the orbit of an inner planet Uranus, which is closer to the sun. We didn't know why the anomalous behavior of the inner planet was being affected. It was predicted to exist. Truly dark matter discovered. And Whitman, you know, was kind of reacting to that.

It was the first object we would call dark matter. We saw its unseen gravitational pull, a conflicting and affecting the orbit of an inner planet Uranus, which is closer to the sun. We didn't know why the anomalous behavior of the inner planet was being affected. It was predicted to exist. Truly dark matter discovered. And Whitman, you know, was kind of reacting to that.

And the poem starts off, it says, when I heard the learned astronomer arranging with facts and tables and figures, et cetera, how quickly I became depressed. and despondent by the night sky brought to numbers. And then he says, I walked outside under the silent canopy of stars to be alone and marveled at their great beauty.

And the poem starts off, it says, when I heard the learned astronomer arranging with facts and tables and figures, et cetera, how quickly I became depressed. and despondent by the night sky brought to numbers. And then he says, I walked outside under the silent canopy of stars to be alone and marveled at their great beauty.

And the poem starts off, it says, when I heard the learned astronomer arranging with facts and tables and figures, et cetera, how quickly I became depressed. and despondent by the night sky brought to numbers. And then he says, I walked outside under the silent canopy of stars to be alone and marveled at their great beauty.

Now, Richard Feynman, another, you know, Whitman and Feynman, I always put them opposed, and I do this in the course of Peterson Academy. I contrast them. He says, Feynman, one of the greatest physicists of all time. And a very cool and interesting person. Fascinating individual, complex, and incredibly brilliant. Provocative. Yes.

Now, Richard Feynman, another, you know, Whitman and Feynman, I always put them opposed, and I do this in the course of Peterson Academy. I contrast them. He says, Feynman, one of the greatest physicists of all time. And a very cool and interesting person. Fascinating individual, complex, and incredibly brilliant. Provocative. Yes.

Now, Richard Feynman, another, you know, Whitman and Feynman, I always put them opposed, and I do this in the course of Peterson Academy. I contrast them. He says, Feynman, one of the greatest physicists of all time. And a very cool and interesting person. Fascinating individual, complex, and incredibly brilliant. Provocative. Yes.

And often evoking Whitman's other famous phrase, I contain multitudes, right? But in Feynman's case, he said, what is it about scientists that you presume I see less than the poets? Poets will speak of Jupiter as if he is a god. But why do I see less when I speak of him as a ball of methane surrounded by a retinue of planets? In other words, can you see more or can you see less?

And often evoking Whitman's other famous phrase, I contain multitudes, right? But in Feynman's case, he said, what is it about scientists that you presume I see less than the poets? Poets will speak of Jupiter as if he is a god. But why do I see less when I speak of him as a ball of methane surrounded by a retinue of planets? In other words, can you see more or can you see less?

And often evoking Whitman's other famous phrase, I contain multitudes, right? But in Feynman's case, he said, what is it about scientists that you presume I see less than the poets? Poets will speak of Jupiter as if he is a god. But why do I see less when I speak of him as a ball of methane surrounded by a retinue of planets? In other words, can you see more or can you see less?

My wife makes fun of me when I see a shark. It'd be great to see both. Yeah. So that's the goal. And in fact, I say that in the course. I say, you don't, at the end, I say, who do you side with? And half the students say Whitman and half the students say Feynman. And I say, you're both right in a sense. You should embody both characters.

My wife makes fun of me when I see a shark. It'd be great to see both. Yeah. So that's the goal. And in fact, I say that in the course. I say, you don't, at the end, I say, who do you side with? And half the students say Whitman and half the students say Feynman. And I say, you're both right in a sense. You should embody both characters.

My wife makes fun of me when I see a shark. It'd be great to see both. Yeah. So that's the goal. And in fact, I say that in the course. I say, you don't, at the end, I say, who do you side with? And half the students say Whitman and half the students say Feynman. And I say, you're both right in a sense. You should embody both characters.

Yeah, that's what I... So often, and this is why I was drawn to Peterson Academy. I've been a professor for 21 years. You know, it's part of my identity as a human being, one of many. And I think...