WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.560 ever get that feeling. Like something you remember 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:05.000 just isn't quite right anymore. Like a detail 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.440 shifted. Yeah, like a movie title is suddenly 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:11.039 different. Or a brand from your childhood has 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:13.599 like a new spelling. That mismatch between memory 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:16.420 and reality. Yeah, and it turns out it's surprisingly 00:00:16.420 --> 00:00:19.000 common. You're not alone in feeling that, not 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:21.719 at all. And like our source for this deep dive 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:24.519 points out. It's almost like a glitch in reality, 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:26.600 they say. Yeah, and they use some interesting 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.940 examples. Like the Berenstain Bears. So many 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:32.840 people remember it with an E at the end. Berenstain, 00:00:32.939 --> 00:00:36.000 right. Yeah, and Febreze. Some remember a different 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.140 vowel sound. Oh, interesting. Even the Statue 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:41.259 of Liberty. Yeah, some people swear it was on 00:00:41.259 --> 00:00:43.420 a completely different part of the island. Exactly. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.479 So these glitches in reality, as our source calls 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.780 them, they've really taken off online. People 00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:53.250 call them the Mandela effects. Which is kind 00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:55.909 of a cool name. It is. It is. So this brings 00:00:55.909 --> 00:00:58.390 us to the big question we're tackling in this 00:00:58.390 --> 00:01:00.969 deep dive, and it might sound a little out there, 00:01:01.130 --> 00:01:04.010 but bear with us. Could the work being done at 00:01:04.010 --> 00:01:07.189 CERN, you know, with that huge, large Hadron 00:01:07.189 --> 00:01:09.750 Collider, could that have anything to do with 00:01:09.750 --> 00:01:12.790 these weird shared memory glitches? Right. It's 00:01:12.790 --> 00:01:15.989 a fascinating connection. It's speculative, definitely, 00:01:16.269 --> 00:01:18.170 but fascinating nonetheless. And we're going 00:01:18.170 --> 00:01:20.790 to be exploring it using excerpts from this document 00:01:20.790 --> 00:01:24.530 called How CERN Broke the Internet and Reality. 00:01:24.750 --> 00:01:27.790 as we know it, dot p -d -e -f. Now, it's important 00:01:27.790 --> 00:01:30.010 to remember this source has a specific viewpoint. 00:01:30.430 --> 00:01:33.349 It suggests a link between CERN's experiments 00:01:33.349 --> 00:01:36.230 and these changes to reality, as they put it. 00:01:36.390 --> 00:01:38.609 Right. So our goal is to really unpack these 00:01:38.609 --> 00:01:40.969 theories, dive into the quantum mechanics and 00:01:40.969 --> 00:01:42.930 parallel universes and all that heady stuff the 00:01:42.930 --> 00:01:45.189 source talks about, and hopefully give you a 00:01:45.189 --> 00:01:47.810 better grasp of these ideas. A clearer understanding, 00:01:47.849 --> 00:01:50.069 yeah. So right off the bat, the source throws 00:01:50.069 --> 00:01:52.290 out some wild explanations for these Mandela 00:01:52.290 --> 00:01:54.739 effects. One of them is the multiverse. You know, 00:01:54.739 --> 00:01:57.260 this idea that our universe isn't the only one. 00:01:57.579 --> 00:01:59.200 Right, that there are other universes out there. 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:01.900 Exactly. And this is where our source really 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:05.060 reflects the current multiverse theory. It suggests 00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:07.859 that for every choice, every outcome, there's 00:02:07.859 --> 00:02:11.759 a separate universe, every path not taken, taken 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.319 in another reality. Whoa, that's a lot to take 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:17.080 in. A whole tapestry of realities branching off 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:19.319 at every single moment. So this is where it gets 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:22.539 really interesting. Our source asks, could our 00:02:22.539 --> 00:02:25.800 universe somehow have bumped into another one. 00:02:26.020 --> 00:02:29.180 Almost like merged with another reality. A reality 00:02:29.180 --> 00:02:31.860 that's almost identical, but with tiny differences 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:34.020 that we're suddenly noticing. Right, like two 00:02:34.020 --> 00:02:36.300 versions of the same story overlapping. And suddenly 00:02:36.300 --> 00:02:38.780 we're confused about the details. Exactly. It's 00:02:38.780 --> 00:02:40.819 a really far out theory, but it's one way to 00:02:40.819 --> 00:02:42.960 try and explain why so many people share memories 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.860 that don't quite match up. Okay, so if we're 00:02:45.860 --> 00:02:47.900 even going to entertain this possibility of universes 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:50.639 bumping into each other, our force points the 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.770 finger. Metaphorically, of course, at CERN. And 00:02:53.770 --> 00:02:56.430 more specifically, at the Large Hadron Collider, 00:02:56.650 --> 00:03:00.069 the LHC. So tell us about this thing, this LHC. 00:03:00.250 --> 00:03:03.469 What is it exactly? The LHC. It's an incredible 00:03:03.469 --> 00:03:06.590 feat of engineering. Like the source emphasizes, 00:03:06.909 --> 00:03:09.710 it's the largest machine humans have ever built. 00:03:10.270 --> 00:03:13.830 We're talking a 27 kilometer long circular tunnel. 00:03:14.069 --> 00:03:17.990 A 27 kilometer loop. underground. Yeah, imagine 00:03:17.990 --> 00:03:21.050 that. Almost a marathon -length tunnel underground, 00:03:21.710 --> 00:03:24.150 crossing international borders and its purpose. 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.819 to accelerate particles, like protons, to nearly 00:03:27.819 --> 00:03:29.560 the speed of light. Nearly the speed of light. 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:35.039 99 .9999991%, to be precise. Wow, that's mind 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.300 -bogglingly fast. Yeah, almost impossible to 00:03:37.300 --> 00:03:39.400 grasp. And they smash these particles together, 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.340 releasing tremendous energy. And from those collisions, 00:03:42.740 --> 00:03:44.319 all sorts of other particles are created, and 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:46.479 scientists study them. So they're basically smashing 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.460 things together at unimaginable speeds to see 00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:51.330 what happens. In essence, yes. And by studying 00:03:51.330 --> 00:03:53.530 these collisions, they can learn about the fundamental 00:03:53.530 --> 00:03:55.830 building blocks of the universe and the forces 00:03:55.830 --> 00:03:58.550 at play. And has the LHC been successful in doing 00:03:58.550 --> 00:04:01.289 that? Oh, incredibly. It's led to new particle 00:04:01.289 --> 00:04:03.870 discoveries that have filled gaps in our understanding 00:04:03.870 --> 00:04:06.669 of particle physics. We're talking about the 00:04:06.669 --> 00:04:09.370 standard model, which is a best explanation so 00:04:09.370 --> 00:04:11.210 far for the fundamental particles and forces, 00:04:11.310 --> 00:04:14.090 except for gravity. So really groundbreaking 00:04:14.090 --> 00:04:17.189 stuff. But as our force also points out, generating 00:04:17.189 --> 00:04:19.709 that kind of power, it raises questions about 00:04:19.709 --> 00:04:22.350 possible unintended consequences, right? It does. 00:04:22.470 --> 00:04:24.610 The source talks about the immense energy needed 00:04:24.610 --> 00:04:27.410 to run this huge machine and the possibility 00:04:27.410 --> 00:04:29.550 of some weird side effects, let's say. Weird 00:04:29.550 --> 00:04:31.810 side effects from smashing things together at 00:04:31.810 --> 00:04:34.050 the speed of light. What could possibly go wrong? 00:04:34.470 --> 00:04:36.329 Well, it's natural to wonder what might happen 00:04:36.329 --> 00:04:38.709 when you concentrate so much energy into such 00:04:38.709 --> 00:04:42.269 tiny spaces. Early on, there was skepticism about 00:04:42.269 --> 00:04:44.670 the LHC. People were worried it could create 00:04:44.670 --> 00:04:47.350 microscopic black holes or even rip holes in 00:04:47.350 --> 00:04:49.470 space -time. Micro -black holes. That sounds 00:04:49.470 --> 00:04:51.689 like something out of a sci -fi movie. It does, 00:04:51.930 --> 00:04:54.029 but scientists took those concerns seriously. 00:04:54.649 --> 00:04:57.769 Most agreed that any black holes created would 00:04:57.769 --> 00:05:01.029 be incredibly tiny and disappear almost instantly, 00:05:01.329 --> 00:05:04.209 so not really a threat. But those fears were 00:05:04.209 --> 00:05:06.970 definitely out there. And this brings us to one 00:05:06.970 --> 00:05:10.629 of the LHC's biggest achievements, the discovery 00:05:10.629 --> 00:05:15.019 of the Higgs boson. Ah, the Higgs boson, famously 00:05:15.019 --> 00:05:17.399 elusive particle. Yeah, it's a big deal. The 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:19.379 source describes it as being associated with 00:05:19.379 --> 00:05:21.360 the Higgs field, which is basically what gives 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:24.500 certain particles their mass. And this Higgs 00:05:24.500 --> 00:05:27.100 field, it came into being right after the Big 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:28.860 Bang. So right at the beginning of the universe. 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.160 Imagine it like a cosmic syrup that fills all 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:34.240 of space. Cosmic syrup. Yeah, bear with me. As 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:36.319 particles move through this field, they interact 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:38.480 with it. The stronger they interact, the more 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:40.579 resistance they feel, and that resistance is 00:05:40.579 --> 00:05:42.680 what we experience as mass. Oh, I see. So the 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:44.699 Higgs field is like a drag on particles, and 00:05:44.699 --> 00:05:47.500 the more drag, the more massive they are. Exactly. 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:50.459 And finding the Higgs boson confirmed this idea. 00:05:50.620 --> 00:05:53.180 It was a huge validation of the Standard Model 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:56.079 and gave us crucial insights into this fundamental 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:59.000 part of the universe. And this is where the theories 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.959 about CERN and reality shifts start to get really 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:04.240 interesting, according to our source. OK, so 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:06.100 we've unlocked this fundamental secret about 00:06:06.100 --> 00:06:09.000 mass. But the source brings up this interesting 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:11.939 point about Stephen Hawking. He apparently said 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:14.439 that the confirmation of the Higgs boson made 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.079 physics less interesting. Yeah, it's a famous 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:19.240 quote from him. People interpret it in different 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:21.279 ways. Like he was disappointed or something. 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.500 Maybe a little tongue -in -cheek about how neat 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:26.720 and tidy the discovery made things seem. But 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:29.939 the source points out something else. Hawking's 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:32.920 Higgs boson doomsday theory, which he discussed 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.740 in his lectures. Higgs boson doomsday. That sounds 00:06:35.740 --> 00:06:38.120 pretty ominous. What is that exactly? It's basically 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:40.459 a theory about an instability within the Higgs 00:06:40.459 --> 00:06:43.980 field itself. The details are very complex, and 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:46.639 it's all still theoretical. But the gist is that 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:49.360 under extreme conditions, the Higgs field could 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:52.779 shift into a lower energy state. And this shift 00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:55.240 could spread through the universe, like a rapidly 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:58.740 expanding bubble, and potentially, well, destroy 00:06:58.740 --> 00:07:00.980 everything. So the thing that gives things mass 00:07:00.980 --> 00:07:04.220 could also lead to the undoing of, well, everything. 00:07:04.259 --> 00:07:06.579 It's a pretty unsettling thought, yeah. And the 00:07:06.579 --> 00:07:10.000 source connects this doomsday idea to the actual 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:14.040 measured mass of the Higgs boson, which is 126 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.240 billion electron volts, right? They claim this 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:19.139 puts the universe on the brink of instability. 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:21.399 That's the argument in the source, yeah. The 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:23.540 idea is that this specific mass puts the Higgs 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:25.759 field in a precarious position, like a balancing 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.180 act. Ketering on the edge. Yeah, physicists call 00:07:28.180 --> 00:07:31.199 it a metastable state. And because so many particles 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.399 get their mass from the Higgs field, if the field 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.399 changes, even in one tiny spot, it could have 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:38.060 a ripple effect throughout the entire universe. 00:07:38.139 --> 00:07:40.519 And that could be catastrophic, I imagine. Potentially, 00:07:40.740 --> 00:07:43.980 yes. So the source talks about this idea that, 00:07:44.019 --> 00:07:46.860 like matter, the Higgs field could exist in different 00:07:46.860 --> 00:07:50.759 energy states. And if enough energy gets concentrated, 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:53.819 it could trigger a shift to a higher energy state. 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:56.899 This would create this expanding bubble spreading 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:58.879 at the speed of light. And that bubble would 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:01.600 change everything it touched. Yeah, like a wave 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:03.839 changing the properties of the entire ocean as 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:06.319 it moves through it. And if the energy goes past 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.899 a certain point, I think the source mentioned 00:08:08.899 --> 00:08:12.420 a figure of 100 billion giga electron volts. 00:08:12.660 --> 00:08:14.800 Yeah, that's the threshold. according to them. 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:16.980 That's when you get what they call catastrophic 00:08:16.980 --> 00:08:19.920 vacuum decay. Right. And the end result. The 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:22.160 end of our universe as we know it. So we're talking 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.319 about the complete annihilation of everything. 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:26.339 It's a pretty extreme scenario, but that's the 00:08:26.339 --> 00:08:29.199 idea. And here's where the concept of the multiverse 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:32.519 comes back into play. Some physicists, the ones 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:35.259 mentioned in our source, they've wondered, if 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:38.000 this vacuum decay happens and our universe basically 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.200 ends, where does all that energy and matter go? 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:44.049 It can't just disappear. Well, that's the question. 00:08:44.330 --> 00:08:46.490 And one thought is that it might spill over into 00:08:46.490 --> 00:08:49.570 another universe. Remember, the idea is that 00:08:49.570 --> 00:08:51.690 these other universes might have different physics, 00:08:52.049 --> 00:08:54.549 different fundamental particles. So our reality 00:08:54.549 --> 00:08:57.629 could merge with another one during this vacuum 00:08:57.629 --> 00:09:00.950 decay event. That's one speculative possibility. 00:09:01.330 --> 00:09:04.149 Maybe a vacuum decay triggered by some incredibly 00:09:04.149 --> 00:09:06.769 high energy event could destabilize the boundaries 00:09:06.769 --> 00:09:09.870 between universes. And then boom, our reality 00:09:09.870 --> 00:09:11.929 merges with another and we start experiencing 00:09:11.929 --> 00:09:15.870 these weird little incons... these Mandela effects. 00:09:15.990 --> 00:09:18.509 So maybe we're seeing traces of another reality 00:09:18.509 --> 00:09:21.309 bleeding into ours. It's a wild idea, but that's 00:09:21.309 --> 00:09:23.970 the suggestion. And our source even touches on 00:09:23.970 --> 00:09:26.330 string theory for a bit. You know, that idea 00:09:26.330 --> 00:09:28.649 that there are higher dimensions with all these 00:09:28.649 --> 00:09:31.149 bubble universes on their own membranes. I've 00:09:31.149 --> 00:09:33.409 heard of string theory. Very complex stuff. Yeah, 00:09:33.529 --> 00:09:35.529 it's incredibly complex. But our source uses 00:09:35.529 --> 00:09:37.830 it to suggest that maybe these bubble universes 00:09:37.830 --> 00:09:40.450 sometimes bump into each other or merge. And 00:09:40.450 --> 00:09:42.649 that could also explain the Mandela effects, 00:09:42.809 --> 00:09:45.190 these shifts in our reality. OK, so we've gone 00:09:45.190 --> 00:09:49.409 from misremembered cartoon bears to potentially 00:09:49.409 --> 00:09:52.309 universe ending events caused by the most powerful 00:09:52.309 --> 00:09:55.909 machine ever built. I mean, could the LHC really 00:09:55.909 --> 00:09:59.750 be responsible for breaking our universe, as 00:09:59.750 --> 00:10:01.649 the source puts it. Well, that's the central 00:10:01.649 --> 00:10:03.450 question they're exploring, isn't it? It's a 00:10:03.450 --> 00:10:06.450 whole chain of theoretical possibilities. The 00:10:06.450 --> 00:10:09.129 LHC influencing the Higgs field, leading to vacuum 00:10:09.129 --> 00:10:11.669 decay, and then the possibility of our universe 00:10:11.669 --> 00:10:13.809 merging with others, resulting in the Mandela 00:10:13.809 --> 00:10:15.909 effects. It's a mind blowing thought, but it's 00:10:15.909 --> 00:10:17.889 important to remember that this is all highly 00:10:17.889 --> 00:10:20.360 theoretical. As the source itself acknowledges, 00:10:20.659 --> 00:10:22.860 we're dealing with very complex ideas and our 00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:25.159 understanding of the universe is constantly evolving. 00:10:25.700 --> 00:10:27.740 We're pushing the boundaries of quantum mechanics 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:30.059 and cosmology here, where things can get pretty 00:10:30.059 --> 00:10:32.600 fuzzy between established science and speculative 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:34.759 ideas. Absolutely. It's important to keep that 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:37.000 in mind. And we're really looking at one specific 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:38.840 interpretation of these ideas here, connecting 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:40.740 them to the Mandela effects, which are still 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:43.360 a mystery. It's definitely a thought -provoking 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.600 look at some of the most fundamental questions 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:48.289 about reality itself. And I think it raises even 00:10:48.289 --> 00:10:51.350 more questions than it answers. So after hearing 00:10:51.350 --> 00:10:54.889 all this, think about it. Our universe might 00:10:54.889 --> 00:10:58.049 be this incredibly intricate system on a nice 00:10:58.049 --> 00:11:01.870 edge, so to speak. And we humans, with our technology, 00:11:02.029 --> 00:11:04.350 are pushing the limits of what we know and what 00:11:04.350 --> 00:11:06.230 we can do. It's definitely food for thought. 00:11:06.610 --> 00:11:09.769 So what other unexpected consequences might our 00:11:09.769 --> 00:11:11.929 pursuit of knowledge have? It really makes you 00:11:11.929 --> 00:11:14.570 wonder. Maybe this deep dive has sparked a curiosity 00:11:14.570 --> 00:11:16.759 in you. Maybe you'll go out and explore the world 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:19.840 of quantum mechanics and cosmology a little further 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:22.159 on your own. Always good to keep asking questions. 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:24.960 Exactly. And keep exploring. Thanks for joining 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:27.299 us on this deep dive. It's been a wild ride. 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:29.320 It has. Until next time. See you then.