WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.520 ever get that feeling like there's something 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:05.419 more going on? Like, underneath it all, reality's 00:00:05.419 --> 00:00:07.839 a lot weirder than we think, and maybe a little 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:10.039 bit scary. Yeah, yeah, like we're just scratching 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:12.080 the surface. Well, today we're diving into something 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:14.460 that kind of feels that way. I mean, we're not 00:00:14.460 --> 00:00:17.519 talking about ghosts or anything, but think CERN, 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:20.960 quantum computers in parallel universes. Seems 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.219 a bit sci -fi, doesn't it? It does. But we've 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.019 been digging into some articles, real science 00:00:26.019 --> 00:00:28.420 stuff, about CERN's projects and quantum computing. 00:00:28.820 --> 00:00:31.320 And then there's all these wild theories in physics 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:34.159 about things like, you know, extra dimensions, 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.119 the many worlds interpretation. Right. The really 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:40.079 out there stuff. Exactly. So what we want to 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:42.759 do is make sense of it all. See if there's any 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:44.399 actual connection between these things or if 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:46.640 it's just like, you know, hype and speculation. 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:48.979 Yeah. Separate fact from fiction, right? Exactly. 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.710 And like... cut through all the technical jargon 00:00:51.710 --> 00:00:53.250 so we can actually, you know, understand what's 00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:55.390 going on. Right, so where do we even start with 00:00:55.390 --> 00:00:57.750 all this? Well, think about how we usually see 00:00:57.750 --> 00:01:00.750 the world. We've got up, down, left, right, forward, 00:01:00.750 --> 00:01:03.390 back. Those are our three dimensions. Right, 00:01:03.450 --> 00:01:06.349 good old 3D. And then there's time always moving 00:01:06.349 --> 00:01:08.290 forward. So that's kind of our everyday reality. 00:01:08.450 --> 00:01:10.849 But then there's this thing called the Add a 00:01:10.849 --> 00:01:14.629 CFT Correspondence, which is, well, it's complicated. 00:01:14.790 --> 00:01:17.069 Yeah, I've seen that term thrown around. What's 00:01:17.069 --> 00:01:21.359 the basic idea? It suggests that Imagine a hologram. 00:01:21.579 --> 00:01:23.879 You know, it looks 3D, but it's really just an 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:26.340 image on a flat surface. Okay, I get that. So 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:29.540 this add a CFT thing kind of says that our whole 00:01:29.540 --> 00:01:31.640 universe with all its dimensions might be like 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:34.219 a projection from a lower dimensional reality. 00:01:34.819 --> 00:01:37.140 One where space and time as we know them don't 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:38.980 even really exist. Hold on. So you're saying 00:01:38.980 --> 00:01:41.859 that our 3D world with time moving forward and 00:01:41.859 --> 00:01:43.959 everything. Yeah. That's just a projection from 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:45.900 some other weirder reality. That's what this 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:49.010 physicist Juan Maldacena proposes. that there's 00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:51.750 this deeper level of reality that's totally different 00:01:51.750 --> 00:01:54.549 from what we experience. So if that's even remotely 00:01:54.549 --> 00:01:57.290 true, could CERN, with all their fancy equipment 00:01:57.290 --> 00:02:00.090 and stuff, actually be trying to explore this 00:02:00.090 --> 00:02:02.769 other reality? Maybe even, like, peek into these 00:02:02.769 --> 00:02:04.989 other universes? That's a big question, isn't 00:02:04.989 --> 00:02:06.810 it? And some of the stuff we've been reading 00:02:06.810 --> 00:02:09.330 suggests it might not be as crazy as it sounds. 00:02:09.469 --> 00:02:12.270 Right. Now let's talk about CERN. They've got 00:02:12.270 --> 00:02:15.210 that Large Hadron Collider, the LHC, that everyone's 00:02:15.210 --> 00:02:18.370 heard of, smashing particles together at super 00:02:18.370 --> 00:02:20.770 high speeds. It's a pretty incredible feat of 00:02:20.770 --> 00:02:23.460 engineering, actually. Yeah. And their main goal, 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:25.800 as far as we know, is to find these fundamental 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:27.759 particles that make up everything in the universe, 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:30.419 right? Yep. Like they discovered the Higgs boson. 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:32.840 That's a big one. Yeah, the god particle. That 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.659 was huge news. But our sources point out that 00:02:35.659 --> 00:02:37.759 CERN's also been looking into things like dark 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.780 matter, anti -matter, and even those extra dimensions 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:42.979 we were talking about. They're definitely not 00:02:42.979 --> 00:02:45.360 afraid to push the boundaries of what we know 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.520 about the universe. OK, but here's where things 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:51.060 get a little shady. Some of these sources mention 00:02:51.060 --> 00:02:54.879 these unexpected anomalies in CERN's data, like 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:56.659 things that don't quite fit with our current 00:02:56.659 --> 00:02:58.719 understanding of physics. And what's interesting 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.379 is that they don't always, you know, fully explain 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:03.240 these anomalies. Yeah, that's what makes it kind 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.740 of suspicious. Like, are they hiding something? 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.800 Could it be evidence of something beyond our 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.300 current understanding, like something interacting 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:13.020 with those other dimensions? Yeah. You're getting 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:16.539 into the real speculative territory. But it's 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:19.300 fascinating to think about. It is. So, okay, 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:21.439 let's say for a second that they are seeing evidence 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.060 of these other dimensions. Why would they need 00:03:24.060 --> 00:03:25.780 quantum computers for that? Those things are 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:27.639 pretty mind -boggling in themselves. Right. Well, 00:03:27.819 --> 00:03:31.300 the data CERN collects is massive, like ridiculously 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:34.939 huge. And to analyze it all, they need some serious 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:37.819 computing power. Even supercomputers can only 00:03:37.819 --> 00:03:39.659 do so much. Okay, I can see how that would be 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:42.800 a problem. But what exactly makes quantum computers 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:45.360 so special? Why are they better for this than 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.860 regular computers? Well, regular computers use 00:03:47.860 --> 00:03:50.879 bits, which are either a 1 or a 0. But quantum 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.120 computers use these things called qubit. And 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:55.919 a qubit can be a 1, a 0, or both at the same 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:58.620 time. It's called superposition. Wait, so it 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:00.139 can be two things at once. How does that even 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:03.020 work? It's quantum mechanics. It's weird. But 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:05.919 the point is, it lets quantum computers do a 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.740 ton of calculations at the same time, way faster 00:04:08.740 --> 00:04:11.139 than any regular computer. So it's not just about 00:04:11.139 --> 00:04:13.840 speed. It's about being able to handle problems 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.660 that regular computers can't even touch. Exactly. 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:18.839 And some of the sources we've looked at suggest 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:21.120 that CERN might be using these quantum computers 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:24.040 to do more than just crunch numbers. Like they 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.060 might be using them to model and maybe even manipulate 00:04:27.060 --> 00:04:30.959 reality itself. Whoa, hold on. Manipulate reality. 00:04:31.230 --> 00:04:33.670 What does that even mean? Well, there are reports 00:04:33.670 --> 00:04:36.629 that they're using super advanced quantum systems 00:04:36.629 --> 00:04:40.029 like Google Sycamore or D -Wave processors, and 00:04:40.029 --> 00:04:41.829 some people believe they could be using these 00:04:41.829 --> 00:04:44.490 to try and create wormholes, open up those extra 00:04:44.490 --> 00:04:47.790 dimensions, or even mess with the laws of physics. 00:04:48.029 --> 00:04:49.629 Okay, now that sounds like something straight 00:04:49.629 --> 00:04:51.949 out of a sci -fi movie. But if they're really 00:04:51.949 --> 00:04:54.509 trying to open a door to another dimension, what 00:04:54.509 --> 00:04:56.879 are the implications? What could happen? That's 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.160 a really good question and one that's hard to 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.480 answer. But before we get into that, let's talk 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.920 a bit about the theory behind all this. The idea 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:07.680 of parallel universes isn't just something out 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.540 of, you know, comic books and stuff. There are 00:05:09.540 --> 00:05:11.839 some actual scientific theories that support 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.829 it. Really? Like what? Well, there's the many 00:05:14.829 --> 00:05:16.949 -worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. 00:05:17.329 --> 00:05:19.529 It basically says that every time a quantum event 00:05:19.529 --> 00:05:22.009 happens, like a particle choosing to be in one 00:05:22.009 --> 00:05:24.870 state or another, the universe splits. And each 00:05:24.870 --> 00:05:28.230 of those splits creates a new parallel universe. 00:05:28.389 --> 00:05:30.509 So every time a particle makes a decision, a 00:05:30.509 --> 00:05:33.129 whole new universe pops up. Pretty much. Then 00:05:33.129 --> 00:05:35.649 there's string theory. which says that everything 00:05:35.649 --> 00:05:38.389 in the universe is made up of these tiny vibrating 00:05:38.389 --> 00:05:40.949 strings, and for the math of string theory to 00:05:40.949 --> 00:05:43.269 work, there need to be more dimensions than the 00:05:43.269 --> 00:05:45.189 ones we experience. Like those extra dimensions 00:05:45.189 --> 00:05:47.829 we talked about before. Yeah, and some physicists, 00:05:48.170 --> 00:05:51.149 like Michio Kaku and Brian Greene, believe that 00:05:51.149 --> 00:05:53.389 these extra dimensions could mean that parallel 00:05:53.389 --> 00:05:55.709 universes are real. Okay, so that's the theory. 00:05:55.949 --> 00:05:58.509 But what about the evidence? Well, some scientists 00:05:58.509 --> 00:06:00.709 at CERN have said that they've seen particles 00:06:00.709 --> 00:06:03.269 behaving in weird ways, like they're being influenced 00:06:03.269 --> 00:06:05.990 by something we can't see or explain. Could that 00:06:05.990 --> 00:06:08.769 be evidence of these other universes somehow 00:06:08.769 --> 00:06:11.430 interacting with our own? It's possible. Now, 00:06:11.449 --> 00:06:13.670 this is where it gets even stranger. There's 00:06:13.670 --> 00:06:15.829 this thing called the Mandela Effect, where a 00:06:15.829 --> 00:06:18.379 lot of people share a false memory. Like, remember 00:06:18.379 --> 00:06:21.180 the Berenstein bears? Yeah, the Berenstein bears. 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:24.180 Wait, is that wrong? It is. And a lot of people 00:06:24.180 --> 00:06:26.680 swear it used to be spelled Berenstein. There 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:29.000 are other examples, too, like movie quotes or 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.199 historical events. So the theory is that CERN's 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.759 messing with reality and causing these false 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.360 memories. Some people think so, especially after 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:39.800 they restarted the LHC at higher energy levels 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.579 back in 2016. They think it might be creating 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:45.199 these little shifts in our timeline or our perception 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.639 of the past. OK, that's definitely out there. 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:49.220 But you know what? It kind of makes you think, 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:51.879 doesn't it? Like, what if they're right? It definitely 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:54.639 does. But let's move on to these unexplained 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:57.220 discoveries and the whole silent treatment thing 00:06:57.220 --> 00:06:59.879 that our sources talk about. There have been 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:02.519 rumors about CERN finding things they're not 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:05.860 talking about. Like what? Unusual particle behavior, 00:07:06.220 --> 00:07:09.019 energy readings that don't make sense. Things 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:10.800 that could challenge our whole understanding 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.899 of physics. Yeah, I've heard whispers about that, 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.379 too. There was even a story about them finding 00:07:15.379 --> 00:07:18.279 a totally new type of particle, one that didn't 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:20.459 fit into any known categories, like maybe it 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:22.819 came from another dimension. Right, so the question 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:25.600 is, why aren't they telling us about these things? 00:07:26.060 --> 00:07:27.980 Some people think they've found something so 00:07:27.980 --> 00:07:30.740 big, so world -changing, that they're not ready 00:07:30.740 --> 00:07:33.519 to reveal it yet. Or maybe they're just afraid 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:36.509 of the public freaking out. Maybe. But if they're 00:07:36.509 --> 00:07:38.550 holding back these discoveries, it makes you 00:07:38.550 --> 00:07:40.949 wonder what else they might be doing behind closed 00:07:40.949 --> 00:07:43.610 doors. Like, are they trying to actively communicate 00:07:43.610 --> 00:07:46.370 with these other dimensions? OK, now we're getting 00:07:46.370 --> 00:07:48.509 into the really spooky stuff. But how would they 00:07:48.509 --> 00:07:50.550 even do that? Well, that's where quantum computers 00:07:50.550 --> 00:07:53.449 come in again. Remember how we said they could 00:07:53.449 --> 00:07:56.430 potentially manipulate reality? Some experts 00:07:56.430 --> 00:07:58.850 believe they could use quantum mechanics to send 00:07:58.850 --> 00:08:02.509 signals to, or even receive signals from, other 00:08:02.509 --> 00:08:04.910 universes. Hold on. They could actually send 00:08:04.910 --> 00:08:08.209 messages through these dimensional rifts. It's 00:08:08.209 --> 00:08:11.170 theoretically possible. And there's this experiment 00:08:11.170 --> 00:08:14.310 at CERN called the Totem Project, which has gathered 00:08:14.310 --> 00:08:16.709 data that suggests there might be interactions 00:08:16.709 --> 00:08:19.129 happening beyond our four dimensions. So they 00:08:19.129 --> 00:08:21.379 might already be trying to reach out. But what 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:23.560 if something on the other side is reaching back? 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:25.199 What if we're not ready for that? That's the 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:27.420 scary part, isn't it? We don't know what we might 00:08:27.420 --> 00:08:30.379 be unleashing. And speaking of scary things, 00:08:30.740 --> 00:08:33.080 there have been some pretty strange events linked 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:35.320 to CERN over the years. Like what? Don't tell 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.679 me about that creepy human sacrifice video again. 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.879 Well, that was definitely weird. But there have 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.639 also been reports of unexplained energy spikes 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.059 way beyond what should be possible with their 00:08:45.059 --> 00:08:47.460 experiments. And some people believe these could 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:49.860 be signs of other dimensions bleeding into ours. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:51.820 And then there are those stories about weird 00:08:51.820 --> 00:08:54.720 weather patterns and electromagnetic anomalies 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:57.279 near CERN. People say the sky looks different 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:00.659 when the LHC is running. It's hard to say if 00:09:00.659 --> 00:09:03.230 there's any real connection, but it's... definitely 00:09:03.230 --> 00:09:07.289 creepy to think about. So what if they do manage 00:09:07.289 --> 00:09:10.250 to open a gateway to another universe? What happens 00:09:10.250 --> 00:09:12.830 then? Honestly, it's kind of terrifying to think 00:09:12.830 --> 00:09:15.470 about. Our sources mention all sorts of crazy 00:09:15.470 --> 00:09:17.830 scenarios, like what if the laws of physics are 00:09:17.830 --> 00:09:20.269 different in these other universes? What if dangerous 00:09:20.269 --> 00:09:22.710 particles or energy come through? Right, or what 00:09:22.710 --> 00:09:25.070 if it destabilizes our own universe? We could 00:09:25.070 --> 00:09:27.990 have changes in gravity, time shifts, or even 00:09:27.990 --> 00:09:30.330 a total collapse of space -time. Okay, now I'm 00:09:30.330 --> 00:09:32.370 starting to get really freaked out. But let's 00:09:32.370 --> 00:09:34.690 not get... Too carried away with a doom and gloom. 00:09:34.830 --> 00:09:37.129 I mean, there's also the potential for amazing 00:09:37.129 --> 00:09:39.330 discoveries, right? Absolutely. Imagine the knowledge 00:09:39.330 --> 00:09:41.269 we could gain, the new technologies we could 00:09:41.269 --> 00:09:44.350 develop. Maybe even cures for diseases that seem 00:09:44.350 --> 00:09:47.250 impossible to treat now. Yeah, it's a huge gamble. 00:09:47.490 --> 00:09:50.529 But it's the classic dilemma of scientific progress, 00:09:50.710 --> 00:09:54.429 right? The potential rewards are huge, but so 00:09:54.429 --> 00:09:57.389 are the risks. And the ethical implications are 00:09:57.389 --> 00:10:00.279 mind boggling. Like, do we even have the right 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:03.000 to mess with the fabric of reality like this? 00:10:03.179 --> 00:10:05.120 It's a question we need to be asking ourselves, 00:10:05.460 --> 00:10:06.960 especially when we're talking about something 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.539 that could potentially affect the entire universe. 00:10:10.220 --> 00:10:13.480 So, where does CERN go from here? What are their 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:15.419 plans for the future? Well, according to our 00:10:15.419 --> 00:10:17.340 sources, they're planning to push the LHC to 00:10:17.340 --> 00:10:19.539 even higher energy levels in the coming years. 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:22.639 They want to delve even deeper into dark matter. 00:10:23.700 --> 00:10:26.059 antimatter, and of course, those parallel universes. 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:28.480 And they'll be relying even more heavily on quantum 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:31.240 computers to analyze the data and run simulations. 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:34.139 So who knows what they might find? It could be 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:36.360 the start of a new scientific revolution. Or 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:39.019 it could be a disaster. We just don't know. And 00:10:39.019 --> 00:10:40.580 that's the scary part. It makes you wonder if 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:42.399 the public should have more say in all this. 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:45.000 I mean, this isn't just about scientific curiosity 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.200 anymore. It's about the fate of humanity. You're 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.679 right. So we've covered a lot today. Parallel 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:53.019 universes, CERN's experiments. quantum computers, 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:56.320 the Mandela effect. It's a lot to wrap your head 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.519 around. It is. And we're just scratching the 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:00.860 surface here. But hopefully this deep dive has 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:03.379 given you a better understanding of the possibilities, 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.220 the risks, and the big questions we need to be 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:08.860 asking. Exactly. Because this is about more than 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:11.379 just science. It's about our place in the universe, 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:14.179 our responsibility to each other, and the future 00:11:14.179 --> 00:11:17.700 of reality itself. So to you, our listener, we 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:20.000 leave you with this thought. What are your thoughts 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.000 on all this? Do you think we should be pushing 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.200 the boundaries of science this far, even if it 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.779 means risking the unknown? And what role should 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:29.580 the public play in these decisions? It's something 00:11:29.580 --> 00:11:31.059 to think about. Thanks for joining us.