Dr. Brian Keating
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It's discovered in the 1700s how you could do it. It's called stellar aberration. And I'll give the answer to the test. But Galileo, one of the greatest minds in human history, he believed, and he was right, that the Earth goes around the sun. And he went to great lengths. And I think this is so beautiful. We put so much emphasis on scientists. that they are sort of gods, right? They manipulate.
It's discovered in the 1700s how you could do it. It's called stellar aberration. And I'll give the answer to the test. But Galileo, one of the greatest minds in human history, he believed, and he was right, that the Earth goes around the sun. And he went to great lengths. And I think this is so beautiful. We put so much emphasis on scientists. that they are sort of gods, right? They manipulate.
What did Arthur C. Clarke say? He said, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I actually opened my podcast with that, with his actual voice, because I'm at the Arthur C. Clarke Center. So when you look at that, who wields magic? Well, it's gods or it's magicians and fairies and all sorts of wonderful creatures that certainly aren't people.
What did Arthur C. Clarke say? He said, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I actually opened my podcast with that, with his actual voice, because I'm at the Arthur C. Clarke Center. So when you look at that, who wields magic? Well, it's gods or it's magicians and fairies and all sorts of wonderful creatures that certainly aren't people.
What did Arthur C. Clarke say? He said, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I actually opened my podcast with that, with his actual voice, because I'm at the Arthur C. Clarke Center. So when you look at that, who wields magic? Well, it's gods or it's magicians and fairies and all sorts of wonderful creatures that certainly aren't people.
But when a scientist can unlock the power of the atom, or can unleash humanity's need on electricity with infinite energy, or can develop a superconductor, or all the lasers, anything that we take for granted in technology all came from basic physics. The internet came from basic physics.
But when a scientist can unlock the power of the atom, or can unleash humanity's need on electricity with infinite energy, or can develop a superconductor, or all the lasers, anything that we take for granted in technology all came from basic physics. The internet came from basic physics.
But when a scientist can unlock the power of the atom, or can unleash humanity's need on electricity with infinite energy, or can develop a superconductor, or all the lasers, anything that we take for granted in technology all came from basic physics. The internet came from basic physics.
And when you look at that, then you expect that they're ineffable, just like their primitive, childish, infantile notions of what we think God is, right? They think that we think that he's the guy in the chair in outer space with the beard, but they project that onto humans. So they'll say Richard Feynman was a god.
And when you look at that, then you expect that they're ineffable, just like their primitive, childish, infantile notions of what we think God is, right? They think that we think that he's the guy in the chair in outer space with the beard, but they project that onto humans. So they'll say Richard Feynman was a god.
And when you look at that, then you expect that they're ineffable, just like their primitive, childish, infantile notions of what we think God is, right? They think that we think that he's the guy in the chair in outer space with the beard, but they project that onto humans. So they'll say Richard Feynman was a god.
I mean, literally, there's more people, Jordan, that play in the NBA right now than have won Nobel Prizes in physics, okay? And so when you look at these great men, including my hero, Galileo, They were greatly flawed individuals, horribly flawed. Feynman cavorted with his graduate students' wives. He had mistresses. He went to strip clubs.
I mean, literally, there's more people, Jordan, that play in the NBA right now than have won Nobel Prizes in physics, okay? And so when you look at these great men, including my hero, Galileo, They were greatly flawed individuals, horribly flawed. Feynman cavorted with his graduate students' wives. He had mistresses. He went to strip clubs.
I mean, literally, there's more people, Jordan, that play in the NBA right now than have won Nobel Prizes in physics, okay? And so when you look at these great men, including my hero, Galileo, They were greatly flawed individuals, horribly flawed. Feynman cavorted with his graduate students' wives. He had mistresses. He went to strip clubs.
Einstein married his cousin who was a horrible, horrible father. He neglected a child with severe mental illness. Never saw him after he moved to America to get fame and fortune. Cavorting with... What's the guy's name? Charlie Chaplin. He cavorted with Charlie Chaplin. And he loved the fame and attention. He had a huge ego. Not great. I don't want to emulate him. Do I want to be like Einstein?
Einstein married his cousin who was a horrible, horrible father. He neglected a child with severe mental illness. Never saw him after he moved to America to get fame and fortune. Cavorting with... What's the guy's name? Charlie Chaplin. He cavorted with Charlie Chaplin. And he loved the fame and attention. He had a huge ego. Not great. I don't want to emulate him. Do I want to be like Einstein?
Einstein married his cousin who was a horrible, horrible father. He neglected a child with severe mental illness. Never saw him after he moved to America to get fame and fortune. Cavorting with... What's the guy's name? Charlie Chaplin. He cavorted with Charlie Chaplin. And he loved the fame and attention. He had a huge ego. Not great. I don't want to emulate him. Do I want to be like Einstein?
Do I want to be like Feynman? Hell no. But you look at a man and you analyze him or you analyze a woman. What... Are they willing to teach me? What can I learn from them? And what you learn from Galileo is that great men can have great flaws, and they can be right and they can be wrong.
Do I want to be like Feynman? Hell no. But you look at a man and you analyze him or you analyze a woman. What... Are they willing to teach me? What can I learn from them? And what you learn from Galileo is that great men can have great flaws, and they can be right and they can be wrong.
Do I want to be like Feynman? Hell no. But you look at a man and you analyze him or you analyze a woman. What... Are they willing to teach me? What can I learn from them? And what you learn from Galileo is that great men can have great flaws, and they can be right and they can be wrong.