From The Science Asylum. Science history is littered with really cool ideas that turned to be wrong. Kepler’s Mysterium Cosmographicum is one of my favorite examples. Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-kepler-used-dd-dice-to-model-the-universe Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer Alexis Dahl – Content Consultant ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Geocentrism: Is Gravity A…

From The Science Asylum. In Newton’s time, gravity was a force. Then Einstein came and said it wasn’t. Who’s correct? What is a force, exactly? Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-hot-take-gravity-is-still-a-force Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer Alexis Dahl – Content Consultant ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Computers and Logic Gates:…

From The Science Asylum. We probably shouldn’t anthropomorphize bacteria. It gives the wrong impression. (There are more bits like this in the full converstaion.) Nick Lucid – Host, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid – Host, Producer Natalie Wells – Researcher

From The Science Asylum. Life began on Earth as soon as it was possible. Learn more in the full converstaion. Nick Lucid – Host, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid – Host, Producer Natalie Wells – Researcher ________________________________ IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS Heavy Bombardment (Bennu’s Journey): https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=20220

From The Science Asylum. What would alien life look like? Let us know your thoughts in the comments and check out the full converstaion. Nick Lucid – Host, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid – Host, Producer Natalie Wells – Researcher

From The Science Asylum. What exactly is the Fermi paradox? Learn more in the full converstaion. Nick Lucid – Host, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid – Host, Producer Natalie Wells – Researcher

From The Science Asylum. The Fermi paradox began as a casual conversation between friends. Learn more in the full converstaion. Nick Lucid – Host, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid – Host, Producer Natalie Wells – Researcher ________________________________ IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS Los Alamos ID Badge Photos: https://www.lanl.gov/about/history-innovation/badges.php Herbert York: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbert_York.jpg

From The Science Asylum. What counts as intelligent life? Let us know your thoughts in the comments and check out the full converstaion. Nick Lucid – Host, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid – Host, Producer Natalie Wells – Researcher

From The Science Asylum. All computers throughout history have always functioned because of one simple device: a switch. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-computers-are-just-rocks-doing-math NEW CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@EquilibriumFX Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer Alexis Dahl – Content Consultant ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join Sign-Up…

From The Science Asylum. The Schrodinger’s cat experiment is the source of many arguments in quantum mechanics, mostly because that was the whole point of it. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-you-misunderstand-schrodingers-cat NEW CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@EquilibriumFX https://nebula.tv/equilibriumfx Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Spacetime Visualized: ________________________________ RELATED…

From The Science Asylum. Spacetime is the idea that the universe is 4-dimensional, but what exactly is a dimension? Let’s get figure it out by making a better spacetime diagram. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-what-is-spacetime-exactly NEW CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@EquilibriumFX Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS What…

From The Science Asylum. E=mc² is probably the most famous equation ever, and it’s repeatedly misunderstood. It’s not even the whole equation! Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-emc Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Stern-Gerlach Experiment: ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS PBS Space Time on E=mc²: Minute…

From The Science Asylum. The Stern-Gerlach experiment was the first detection of quantum spin, except we didn’t know it for 4 years. At the time, we didn’t even know quantum spin was a thing. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-physics-misunderstood-this-experiment-for-years Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS…

From The Science Asylum. Quantum spinors are abstract mathematical entities, so people often seek analogies to make more sense of them. Here are the best two analogies I’ve been able to find. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-quantum-spin-which-analogy-do-you-like Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Quantum Fields…

From The Science Asylum. White dwarfs are made of degenerate matter, so compact there isn’t room for atoms to exist. And, believe it or not, we discovered that using a model from a completely different context. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-we-discovered-this-matter-by-accident Nick Lucid – Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid – Producer ________________________________…