in the world of science it goes without saying that the study of cosmology is truly baffling
with the cosmos being so vast we truly don't know the full extent of what lies in deep space
from scientists to physicists or even just your average space nerd
everyone seems to have a theory about why the universe is the way it is super fluid space time
simulation theory and the big splat are just some of the things that have emerged and these
theories are not only crazy but quite literally out of this world welcome to fact nominal and in
today's video we'll be exploring some of the most outrageously bizarre theories about the universe
charles fourier was not only a famous left-wing political theorizer but also
was well known for being a pretty bizarre cosmological theorizer he had a very interesting
take on why the planets keep orbiting around the sun and spoiler alert it's not gravity
he truly was of the opinion that it was actually passion and love that kept these planets so close
charles proposed that the planets moons and stars could be understood as living animals who each
have senses just like us sight touch and taste they all seem to be extremely passionate and in
love with each other and he even declared that the eclipses were actually caused by the sun engaging
in a conjugal embrace of the moon he further added that they even procreate just like animals
would the piles of the planets are actually their genitals the north was the male and south was the
planet's female genitals the planets each give out an aroma that they would release in order to
attract the other planets and stars to themselves this aroma is what he suggests would cause the
planet to orbit around the sun and the satellites around their parent planet like lovesick puppies
of course the theory is not popular in the world of cosmology owing to the fact that it's just way
too bizarre even for space but it's an interesting spin on trying to understand the solar system
most of the theories you hear about the universe and space come from great
physicists and scientists or even astronomers but here's one right from a philosopher for
you who says philosophers can have their own theories right
there is a theory that our entire universe might not actually be what it seems
the idea of simulation theory can be attributed to the prominent oxford university philosopher nick
bostrom in his paper aptly dubbed are you living in a computer simulation bostrom proposed that we
could be virtual beings living in a computer simulation if so this simulation would most
likely create perceptions of reality on demand rather than simulate all of reality all the time
much like a video game optimized to render only the parts of a scene visible to a player
hollywood has jumped on this idea and explored the topic further with movies like the matrix
the most memorable thing about the matrix series is the thought-provoking question it asks about
the true nature of reality what if all we experience in life is simply a simulation
though the theory might seem a tad outlandish it's actually quite popular and there are
many philosophers who actually take the idea very seriously the science world on the other hand does
not accept this explanation and until there can be a true test of scientific theory it will sit in
the realm of science fiction i wonder what keanu would have to say about it we have a city to burn
in 1913 the renegade austrian astronomer hanzorbiger made a very interesting assertion
that the milky way is entirely made out of ice he was not a believer in stars
and according to him there are a series of massive planet-sized ice blocks that
are just floating through space and circling our entire solar system in an impenetrable white ring
the few actual suns that exist beyond this white ring shine their light through this frozen barrier
causing the light to reflect off the massive ice crystals this is what he believed gave us
the illusion of what we consider as bright stars in the sky he was in fact quite adamant about his
theory after even being shown pictures of the milky way by various scientists
but his answer was quite simple that it was all a fake when mathematical objections were brought
up in regards to his proposal he all but denied it and even claimed mathematics to be a bunch of lies
his theory was called the world of ice theory according to which at some point of time in
the galaxy's past there has been a super sun which was orbited by a gigantic ice planet
and eventually the planet fell into the super sun melted and it sped out lumps of rock and fire
which ultimately settled into what we know as the planets of our solar system of course today there
is a lot of proof that can easily debunk this theory but back in the day you'd be surprised
that there were actually many who truly believed his theory including none other than adolf hitler
you may have seen the spooky picture from the surface of mars with what seemed to be
a bunch of human-like faces the original image was taken on the planet by nasa's viking one
orbiter in greyscale back in 1976 of course some immediately jumped to the conclusion that there
has to be aliens on the red planet after all because who else would leave those face like
imprints on the surface like that there is a popular theory that came about after the release
of this photo that the aliens really do exist and they are constantly finding ways to leave evidence
and proof of their existence and we humans just haven't been quick enough to pick up on it yet
people began calling the picture the face on mars which from that angle does eerily resemble a face
and conspiracy theorist richard hoagland even went a step further to say it was most definitely
a face the picture taken of the region called cydonia became the proof that everyone needed
to believe that there has to be life other than our planet out there he theorized that there has
to be an ancient civilization that colonized mars and that the face was just evidence of
the alien city on cedonia while mankind is still looking for other habitable places beyond earth
with the best option being mars it looks like the aliens were many many steps ahead of us
sadly this theory was very quickly debunked by nasa when they released colored images which
showed the faces to be nothing but an illusion created by small hills but many still argue
hoagland included that nasa has doctored the images and doesn't want us to know the truth
remember goldilocks from the three bears and how she found the delicious bowl of porridge that
was just right for her neither too hot nor too cold after tasting the three bowls of porridge
well there is a theory about the universe being named after it just like goldilocks
earth seems to be the planet that seems to be just right for sustaining life some would argue
that there are other close contenders like mars or the moons of jupiter or perhaps even venus
but nothing really is quite like planet earth from the temperature landscape atmosphere
abundance of water and distance from the sun everything is as goldilocks would say just right
scientists refer to this as the anthropic principle but in his book paul davies calls
this the goldilocks enigma which refers to the fact that all the physical laws that govern the
universe are just right for the development of life this is something that science just can't
seem to explain with many arguing that this is where religion and god comes in
intelligent design is also being named as one of the explanations that says there
is a higher intelligence that chose to make the universe the way it is
one new theory suggests that space-time is actually a super-fluid substance flowing
with zero friction space-time they say can be understood as a superfluit composed of
fundamental objects that we haven't been able to discover yet here particles would travel through
space-time just like waves in the ocean and the laws of fluid mechanics would be at work as waves
travel through a medium they begin to lose their energy over time which according to this theory
is what would happen if photons traveled through this super fluid space-time a good example would
be the crab nebula the supernova remnant at a distance of 6500 light years from the earth
it emits high-energy x-ray and gamma-ray light and by the time this light reaches our telescopes
the energy should have dissipated owing to the liquid properties of space-time but so far the
observations have shown no such effect if it turns out that space-time really is fluid then
it would be a very special liquid indeed though the theory is unlikely if it were proven to be
true that space-time is a superfluid where photons of varying energies at different speeds dissipate
over time it could mean that relativity does not hold in all situations and we can only imagine the
theoretical physicists out there going absolutely berserk currently the space-time superfluid theory
doesn't have a lot of supporters but then again neither did einstein in the beginning
our solar system could contain a giant unnamed planet at least that's what's being said according
to the planet x theory although the planet has not even been confirmed by scientists some believe
that there is an elusive planet in our solar system which has a huge orbit and such a strong
magnetic pole that it can and will affect life on earth does it seem a little suspicious to you well
it should those who believe in its existence are pointing at erratic weather patterns and seismic
activity on the earth as evidence they have even claimed that the planet x effect is setting the
earth up for a coming pole shift one that could spark another ice age or catastrophic earthquakes
many purporters of the theory also say that the various government organizations who know
about it are forcing observatories to keep a close watch on the planet
so as to prevent panic and will only release data about it when they deem it an unavoidable threat
astronomers were quick to debunk this one saying that if there really were a
secret supergiant planet there is no way that it would remain hidden even amateur astronomers and
stargazers nowadays are making some interesting discoveries with their telescopes and there
is nothing that would have kept them quiet had they spotted a gigantic anomaly such as planet x
saturn is known for its abundance of satellites but one of its more famous moons lapidus is at the
center of quite an interesting theory lapidus is being compared very heavily to the infamous death
star sounds a bit like star wars that's because it looks like the infamous death star from the
franchise with a large crater on it that resembles the fictional weapons super laser focus lens
the planet killing machine death star is able to destroy entire worlds all with its
super powerful laser and people cannot help but let their imagination run wild
in fact an article was even published claiming that lapidus isn't even a moon but actually a
large articulate object created by aliens the photo taken by nasa's cassini spacecraft in 2004
was cited as evidence for the article in the photo you can see a line around the satellite's equator
that resembles the equatorial trench around the death star where the fictional one houses its
battle stations engines thrusters and docking bays pretty cool but that's definitely not the case for
saturn's moon the line actually happens to be made up of plain old rock and ice so much for alien
tech and weaponry cassini has done several flybys of the moon and has not been hit by any lasers
so it's safe to say this theory is a little out there even though it would have been a good one
one day the world will go completely dark and be a huge void of well nothing this may sound
like a very morbid thought at first but in fact for the universe where it seems like the end is
just the beginning of a new universe according to one theory everything in the universe is just in
one big repeated cycle and when the world goes dark and void it will give birth to a whole new
universe this theory ties into the brain world theory and suggests that this is what happens when
one cold and empty brain collides with another one and if given enough time it's actually bound
to eventually do just that cosmologists neil turek and paul steinhardt believe that such a collision
will generate a massive amount of energy that would be enough to create a whole new universe
this is what they are calling the epirotic theory it was only more recently dubbed as the big splat
by physicist michio kaku there is no telling if this theory is true and when it could take place
whether an intelligently designed simulation or a cosmic love affair let's enjoy all the wonders
of the universe as it is so tell us what's the craziest theory you've ever heard about the cosmos
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