@brogeneral
I've never seen Neil ask a question that wasn't rhetorical in these until now. Strange to see someone else giving the lesson for once
@nagahide1313
Sean Carroll is the best. He explains things in such an understandable way.
@bananamaniac2
I could listen to Sean Carroll talk for hours. He came and did a talk at the physics lab I work at and it was so insightful and interesting
@matthewviramontes3131
What Neil is describing is just Quantum Field Theory. Quantum Field Theory (QFT) is a framework that combines quantum mechanics and special relativity to describe how particles and forces interact. Instead of viewing particles like electrons or photons as distinct entities, QFT sees them as excitations or disturbances in underlying fields that permeate all of space. Each type of particle corresponds to its own field, such as the electron field or the photon field. These fields can interact with each other, and the interactions produce what we observe as particle behavior.
@jvlaneyvirgile6547
Thought they was gon keep interrupting each other at first
@BrionThomsen
the description for how much empty space there is in an atom i grew up with was if the nucleus of a hydrogen atom was the size of a basketball, the electron would be a golf ball orbiting at a 2 mile radius.
@jonathanframe7354
At least one exists.... Heard an idea once that said this" The concept of a single electron traveling back and forth through time is known as the "one-electron universe" hypothesis, which suggests that all electrons and positrons (the antimatter equivalent of electrons) are actually manifestations of a single entity moving backwards and forwards in time;Â essentially, every electron we observe is the same electron just at different points in its time journey."
@psychozulu
something has to be physical to vibrate, yeah? So if an electron is just a vibration, what is vibrating?
@GREGGRCO
This was an excellent episode.
@wrdennig
They only exist when we perceive them. . . . otherwise, they're only potentialities
@kylebieth3678
Im NGL when he mentioned electron field and they cut to that graphic...that is EXACTLY what i see when i take that first big pull of DMT. My hearing goes down to a singular note and my vision tunnels and looks pretty close to that.
@straycats1256
The electron is the smallest lepton. All leptons are believed to be point-like particles with no measurable size. We've only measured it's effect.
@FlameAndSlime
Never seen someone "um akshually 🤓" on Neil DeGrasse Tyson ðŸ˜
@ChaineYTXF
I teach hogh schoolers and nothing bums me out more than how we are made to draw the atoms and their electrons...
@scott32714keiser
voltage is the speed of electrons so if it is a particle if you increase the voltage high enough you should get the electrons moving fast enough it can gain mass and create a gravitational field.
@kevinmaki2504
What we call an electron, is a reaction to a proton's intrusion into this dimension.
@ShaneMitchell-kz3fw
As I understand it, vibration is a quality, to vibrate is a verb, it's something bestowed on a thing, not a thing itself, for electrons to be vibrating, doesn't there have to be stuff there to be doing the vibrating, and if so, what is the nature of that stuff?
@chrislong4329
Big fan of Sean Carrol. His book about time is wonderful
@ceo1OO
- it's believed to have a size that's between 10^-18 and 10 ^-22 meters (radius) - wave or particle? ... or is it a particle that's more easily described if we think of it as a wave? - it definitely exists... but the nature of it's existence has everyone debating...
@renesilva9705