Quantum Gravity in under five minutes [Fast Forward Science 2013]

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1. this is an awesome video...
   keep making such videos pls
2. Really good video ! Just have a question: does this theory compatible with the existence of parallels universes ?
3. I know this has been up for some time, but have you made any more projects like this?
   As a non-academic fan of physics and a long time Flash animator (since the Macromedia Flash 3 days) I love this. When I came across it I was sad it wasn't part of a series!
   
   Cheers from Louisiana!
4. Hi Benjamin Bahr.
   
   My friend Benji Bear was once mistaken for another researcher with a similar name. I would not be surprised if you two might not also get mixed up. Benji is the mascot of Time University and although he is a teddy bear like me he manages to sponsor and inspire research related to theoretical physics and research into the nature of time.
5. Brilliant Video :D really helpful for me to get an intro
6. what if black holes don't exist? or the big bang was not a big bang?
7. great video! now I have a better understanding of quantum gravity
8. so cute :D
9. Great and straightforward intro to QG's place in the scientific world :)
10. Great and straightforward intro to QG's place in the scientific world :)
11. I enjoyed this video... but I thought it was going to be about Loop Quantum Gravity not the incompatibility of Relativity and Quantum Physics. Either way, I hope you do more videos like this!
12. get a better mic idiot.
13. There is a video called Gravity And Quantum Mechanics.
14. You explained absolutely nothing about Quantum Gravity.
15. A few slight issues here:
    
    Quantum Theory? No, Quantum MECHANICS.
    Fuzzy particles are "fuzzy" because they consist of energy and fields not matter.
    "[...] so scientists have learned to live with it.", therein, lies the problem with modern science - it lacks the will to investigate and, thereby, accepts on faith.
    Gravity is not a force.  Read "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    Space is not "distorted" by gravity. See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    Time is not a dimension. See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    Nowhere is there space that larger on the inside than appears on the outside. See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    Time does not run faster further out in space. See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    True: The framework for BOTH GR and QM is Classical Mechanics.  That's a red flag. See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    There are no objects that are "very heavy and very small" at the same time.  Mass requires matter; therefore, by definition, small objects with very little mass cannot be "very heavy". See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    At the "Big Bang", all of the mass of the universe was NOT concentrated anywhere.  Mass didn't emerge for quite some time after the expansion. Further, models demonstrate how particles are generated, very briefly possess mass then unravel.  Mass then no mass. See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    During the "Big Bang", there was only energy, ergo, QGR was not relevant.  See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    Was there anything before the "Big Bang"? Yes, infinite energy in the background of the multiverse. See "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".
    The model is called "The Natural Model".  It's simple, easy to understand and it works. Again, see "The Dissolution of Quantum Gravity".  It's on Kindle & Kindle Unlimited. It's a very short read but well worth a couple of bucks.
16. Very well done!
17. A clear and solid explanation.  Loved it!  We still need to know what mass is, what gravity is, ( it is not a force ) and all the basics on non ordinary matter.
18. Hi Benjamin
    
    Thank you for such a Short, colourful, precise and wonderful video.
19. That told me almost nothing about Quantum Gravity besides that it might help unify GR and QT. It even fails to mention that it is one theory among others, all of which are unproven. Sorry dude, thumbs down.
20. I think I know how the Universe works!  It can be demonstrated by developing a 3-D solid geometric model of expanding  polyhedrons using some simple rules for expansion. The entire contents of the Universe in this model, would consist solely of a finite set of identical but individual expanding "primary particles" that are in intimate contact with one another, but cannot penetrate each other's space.  They could be thought of and modeled as expanding foam, where the creative expansion comes from within each foam bubble and exerts a force to expand on surrounding bubbles.  The expansion is restricted by boundary conditions with surrounding bubbles. At the origin of the Universe in time, these particles were not much more than points in an infinite void of non-universe space, and were all uniform and "clumped" together.  At the onset of expansion, which is also the beginning of time, the outermost particles forming the boundaries of Universe space "cracked" due to the unsymmetrical nature of the unbounded side of these particles.  This allowed those particles to expand freely in that direction, making the polyhedrons highly irregular.  This broken symmetry then created fissures and spread throughout the volume of the infant Universe causing areas of matter and vacuum space.  The more dense "clumps"  of particles  have restricted expansion  and form matter to have mass properties, and are detectable to us.  The freely expanding configurations of particles form Universe space and expand at the local speed of light.  Gravity and electromagnetic waves travel through this space medium by virtue of varying expansion ripples through it.  Gravity and inertia are just forces caused by areas of unequal expansion.
    
    The main thing in this model is that the expanding energy comes from within each particle of the Universe on a continuing basis.  There was no "Big Bang" in which all of the energy of the Universe suddenly came into existence.