Atomic Clocks Prove Reality Is Stranger Than You Think | NOVA | PBS
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@Slipp3rywizard
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
McLovin knows what time it is!
@WileyE
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
The atomic clock or any new type of timing clock will always be timed to the 24hours in a day timing. If the Earth suddenly slowed to a 22 hour day as we know it, I doubt the atomic clocks would still be maintained to keep time at a 24 hour sequence. What would the point be?
@whatdamaddox7824
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Blah, blah, blah and 11 minutes later "we really have no idea"
@raymondhuot1684
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
But to begin with what is an observer ? A cat a worm, an elephant ? Their action has an outcome for sure.
@heatherdeavalon
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
🎼🎶Does anybody really know what time it is…🎶
@chasmenear7130
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
I don't know, I have ALWAYS found what we call 'reality' to be pretty strange…..! To clarify, there is a point that I feel any sane person can reach where it all becomes very experiential, and all entanglement unravels.
@stephenluff9998
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
I truly think that analytic idealism is much closer to the reality of nature and materialism/physicalism are on their way out and people like Bernado Kastrup are putting the final nails in the coffin.
@dddon51
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
people think "observing" means a consciousness has to be involved. It just means interaction with another system. It doesn't have to be a detector with a person watching.
@EthicalAmoeba
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Can we talk about anything but GPS, its the most entry level knowledge
@leannevandekew1996
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
I got a C in Quantum Mechanics at Stanford.
Richard Feynman stated: " If you think you understand Quantum Theory, you don't."
That made me feel better.
@outtathyme5679
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Shame that you use AI narration
@RobertLeitz
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Mary Poppins = "Standing In The Tick Of Time"…
The Link Is "The Last Page Of The N.Y. Times"…
This Magic Frequency Is In Every Photon In The Universe..
"Disney Prism"..Copy/Paste…The Dub In Is "Perfect'…
"An Excellent A.I. Correct Answer".. "A Tight Focused Muon Wobble"….
Mary Poppins = Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke..??…
"Were Standing In The Tick Of Time"…
"A No Uncertain Reality Certainty"…
Take Care Brian…(squeaky door noise)…Bye…
This Invention Made Disney MILLIONS, but Then They LOST It!
Black Hole Picture = Earth With No Blue Skies.
Blue Skies = Pulled In The Hole.
You Get To See Sunrise & Sunset Together.
"Hook" = Sun's Path Going Overhead.
Take Care.Bye.
A.I. Functions Like "A Double Slit Backwards Carburetor Adjustment".
The Best Deemed Correct Answers = Bright Middle Line.
Back Up The 2 Slit = "More I Never Thought Of Correct Answers".
When A Virus Becomes Airborne = Consider Wave Particle Duality.
God Does Play Dice = "With Correct Answers".
Take Care.Bye.
There Is "No Reality To The Tick Of Time"…"It's A Certainty"../
"Holography"…."When You Hold A Prism To Sunlight"..??..
"Who Makes The Green"..???…"Who Makes Kermit"…??..
A) The Sun….Take Care….Bye…
The Muon Wobble Is the Moon Around Earth.
Or Earth Around Sun.
It Is "A Certainty Boundary".
Cat Box Walls/Double Slit Line Width Or Thickness.
The Width Of One Electron Does Not Completely Fill..??..
The Width Of "The Certainty Line".."That's The Wobble"..
AI = The Decider Of 2 Correct Answers.
The Universe Is "A Prism"…In The Form Of..??.."A 3.5 Hp Briggs & Stratton Side Shaft Engine"…"Vrooooom"…..Bye…..
You Can Try Looking At Blue/Green AC Current….Orange/Red DC Current…So A Prism = Power Converter…Falling To The Ground AC….Jumping Up DC…Bye…
Energy = Flame Color… Blue Flame BTDC Uncertain Future Reality… Earth's Sky/SpaceX/Propane Barbecue.. If you had this in "Engine Form"…"You Would Melt The Intake Manifold".. Pulling in too much "Air.Future"… Red Flame = Forest Fires/TV Explosions = ATDC Exhaust Uncertain Past Reality.. All is "Quantum Entangled" by Yellow TDC Singularity/Certainty/Smallest Point/Planck Length "No Reality"… All is surrounded in "An Infinity Purple Shell"… Orange ATDC = Inflation… Green BTDC = Due To "Holography".. Usually remains "Unseen In The Color Engine"… A "Prism" = "Simple Engine Diagnostic Tool"… A Rocket Engine Is "A Superposition Light Cone"…"Quantum Entangled By Yellow"… Take Care… Bye… .
If you are looking for missing matter…..Try Below….A Black Hole = Solid Glass…Ripples In Space = Ripples Of Clearness/Clarity…
"The Weight Of Clearness"…When You Look At "Black And Clear As The Same"..??..Black Carbon Shows Its Ability Of Clearness In Diamond Form"…Diamonds/Glass Rain "Are Heavy"…'A Rain Cloud Drops A Lot Of Clear Heavy Weight"….If You Want To Use Dry Air Evaporation Explanation….."It Gets Deeper Than That"…."Black Oil Can Be Refined To Crystal Clear"…A Rani Cloud Can Produce Millions Of Pounds Of "Weight"…So If You Want To Apply What I Said To "A Black Hole"…Or "Dark Matter"…??….
."The Weight Of Clearness"….
Take Care…Bye…
If The Cones On The 87 Supernova Said…???…"Eat At Joe's"…You Would Have Seen It Faster Than Light….3.5 Hr "Prism Delay" To "Instant"…."Observation Is Instant"….
With The Mercury Time Delay Behind The Sun.."No Observation"…Apply That To Romer Speed Of Light Measurement…Jupiter Eclipse Coming From Behind The Sun…I'd Call That "A Prism Time Delay"…Observation Is "Instant"…When You Hear About JWT "Looking Back In Time"….Try Running "Instant Observation As Plan B"………Take Care…Bye…
@Dawg7227
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Einstein was a patent thief.
@BIGDRESTA
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Interesting
@LeonParrish-q6w
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Oh, look, another "Einstein was right" video. The more I see these, the more I wonder, what are you pushing? None of this is new, why keep hammering it, unless somebody isn't saying something. I get very suspicious of people repeating something everybody should know. I'm not making any claims, but just look. Instead of "Exploring Einstein theories" when ever I see anything about Einstein, it's always "He was right", and yet with other science theories, I don't ever hear anything like this. Not even Hawking…. Again, I'm not making any claim, I just want to know why the constant reminder of "He was right"?
Speaking with Grok, and I wasn't going to mention it, but the 2 other theories that get this treatment are Evolution and Climate Change. But nobody is doubting Einstein…. What is with the defensive reflex?
@michaelgreen5206
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Watched this NOVA documentary yesterday & it was fascinating to learn that in 1927 Albert Einstein & other great Physicists met to discuss Quantum Theory & now its almost 100 years old! Great show PBS, you are my favorite network/channel!
@paulbunyan9436
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Unlike Isaac Newton, Einstein was not even willing to entertain "probability" as a secret, speculative, pseudo-scientific side project…
@johnnyo3fan
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
Just as weird as when I watched it on tv last week.
@PIW_Charles
May 19, 2026 at 12:22 am
aww one of my Fav Scientist Sean Carroll. such a brilliant man always enjoy listening to him.. thanks for sharing