Professor Brian Cox: How To Find Your Place In The Universe
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Published 2023-10-01
Professor Brian Cox is a physicist, known for his astronomy and cosmology series’, including The Universe and Stargazing Live. He has performed on several sell-out arena tours, setting the Guinness World Record for the biggest selling science tour. Before his career in science, at age 18 Brian embarked on a musical career, forming a band with the ex-keyboarder from Thin Lizzy. Brian shares stories of his 5 years as a professional musician; as a keyboard player in the bands Dare and D:Ream. Having achieved in D in Maths A-level, Brian discusses with Jake and Damain how this experience taught him his greatest lesson: the importance of practice.
In this episode, Brian imparts invaluable wisdom on the pursuit of greatness and knowledge, and his belief that “very few people are naturally great”. He shares his secrets on summoning the courage to ask difficult questions and the importance of saying “I don’t know”. They discuss the greatest threat to humanity: human stupidity, and Brian offers insights on creating global cooperation in a world with the power to destroy itself.
Jake, Damian and Brian tackle life's biggest questions, whilst exploring life's more personal subjects: self-doubt, fear and finding confidence.
See Brian on his live tour ‘Horizons’: briancoxlive.co.uk/
0:00 Starting out
9:19 Asking stupid questions
15:18 Brian's passion
20:08 Communication
26:43 Learning to experiment
31:55 Aliens
39:00 Brexit
41:28 Brian's personal life
46:48 Selling out arenas
51:24 Self-doubt
57:31 Quickfire questions
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All Comments (21)
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“Nothing is easy, it requires practice and it requires attention to detail. As well, take responsibility for getting it right” - if you get anything out of this interview, that’s the best advice you can give to just about anyone. Bravo Professor Cox…that insight you’ve shared is greatly appreciated. 👏
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Brian Cox may be a great scientist, but he is an even greater human being.
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Brian is a gem of a human being. I love listening to him talk about science. And your questions helped lead to one of the better interviews of him that I've seen.
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26:16 "the success is about acquiring knowledge about doing it better next time. it's not about everyone thinking you were right."
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Brian Cox has been one of my favorite science advocates for the longest time. Absolutely love his approach & candor.
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Professor Cox never dissapoints, his ability to engross you is fanttastic, a perfect successor to Sir Attenborough.
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I can listen to Brian talk for hours.
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What a fantastic gentleman. We are lucky to have this guy.
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I’ve had a crush on Brian Cox for 15 years. His enthusiasm for the natural world is infectious. I relate.
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The level of humility in Brian Cox is just stunningly astounding. Such a pleasure to just be a fly on the wall for this convo. Thank you!
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He is humble and honest with his teachings a great human being
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In Britain people get called "national treasure" for too quickly...Professor Cox, like Sir Attenborough should be the golden standard. These are the people we need to drive the humanity forward...
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Brian’s ability to speak plainly and actually help others understand is best I’ve heard. If someone understands a thing, they should be able to explain it simply. He always is able to explain simply.
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"We may be the only civilisation in the Milky Way. Meaning is a property of intelligence. We have a galactic responsibility to maintain meaning. If we destroy ourselves, we eliminate meaning" - Prof. Brian Cox. It's not very often my mind is blown but my brain has melted 😳
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I could hang with Brian every day for a lifetime and still be blown away by what he has learned and wants to share.. Hopefully more like him arise to make learning as exciting as he does.
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If only all educators could possess this guys obvious passion for his subject, and his natural inquisitiveness..
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Thank you for all you do. I often find myself "lost". Perhaps a slight case of Imposter Syndrome. But all these discussions and the brilliant questions you guys ask make me feel like I am not alone, and on some days it quite literally gets me through the day. I don't expect to one day find myself in the boots of a legend such as Brian Cox, or any of the hugely successful people you interview on this podcast, but in humanising their lives and their stories, it keeps me going. Thank you to you, the hosts, and thank you additionally to all the brilliant people who have shared their views on this channel <3.
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Thank you Prof. Cox for being part of my universe.
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I could listen to Brian cox all day, he has the most soothing voice and he's so knowledgeable and passionate!
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What a guy Professor Brian Cox is. Loved listening to his thoughts on life and the universe. 👍
