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It has been called,
the key to the universe.
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We are just discovering something
which is completely blowing our minds.
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A gateway to new technologies...
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We're going into a vast unknown territory.
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Who knows what we'll find.
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...and possibly the most important
scientific breakthrough of all time.
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It's going to open up new layers
of our understanding of reality.
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Could the so-called, "God Particle,"
really reveal the truth about our origins.
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And might clues to its significance
have been left here on Earth...
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...thousands of years ago
by extraterrestrial beings?
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We can use this
to understand our place in the universe,
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and even to teleport and travel...
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...through time and space.
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Millions of people around the world...
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...believe we have been visited
in the past by extraterrestrial beings.
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What if it were true?
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Did Ancient Aliens
really helped to shape our history?
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And if so, might there be evidence
in the discovery of the God Particle?
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Every religion seeks
to answer the same question.
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Where did we come from?
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Philosophers, sages, and priests
have pondered our origins...
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...since the dawn of humanity,
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while science, has looked for evidence
that might one day give us the answer.
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Both religion and science,
approach the idea of where we come from...
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...with a set of rules.
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Science, has the scientific method.
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Religion comes at the same question
with its own set of rules.
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A presupposition that a god or gods exist.
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Religion, gives us
a certain view of reality.
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And science gives us
a different view of reality.
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And yes, there are points
at which these two world views...
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...are compatible.
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Science and religion,
at their best moments...
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...are searching for truths
as is philosophy.
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Especially at moments
like the moment of the Big Bang,
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the moment of creation, the Genesis.
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These streams of thought converge.
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In effect, science and religion
and philosophy,
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are all searching for the same thing.
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It reminds me of Einstein's question,
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"What were God's thoughts
when he was making the Universe?"
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If Science and Religion,
are both searching for answers...
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...to the same questions,
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then why do we so often considered them
at odds?
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Is it necessary
that one negates the other.
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Science, speaks nothing whatsoever
about the existence of God.
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And because of that,
there's still an opening for God, Right?
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There's still a possibility
that God stands behind all this.
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That God's responsible for the Big Bang.
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In the Ancient World,
the Philosophers were the Scientists.
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There was no clear distinction
between hard research...
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...and Theological speculations.
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All serious thinkers were trying
to figure out the nature of reality.
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Now we consider these
to be separate pursuits.
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If we truly want to bridge the gap
between Religion and Science...
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...we must recognize that religion needs
to become more scientific.
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And science would benefit
by becoming a way bit more religious,
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...not even in a Mythological sense,
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but by looking back to the religious,
and quote what they interpret to be myth,
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and say, if there's any legitimacy
or reality to this, what is it?
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Let's explore. Let's discover.
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Let's find out what the truth is.
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As our technology advances
at an increasingly rapid rate,
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are we getting closer
to discovering our true origins?
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And finding out whether or not,
we really are alone in the universe?
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Some believe,
a recent scientific breakthrough...
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...may prove to be a giant leap forward
in our search for the truth.
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Geneva, Switzerland.
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Here, buried over 300-feet
beneath the Earth,
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and covering a remarkable 17-mile expanse,
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is the largest and most complex machine
ever created.
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The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC.
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Smashing tiny protons together...
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...at speeds of nearly 670
million miles per hour,
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the LHC creates such intense energy...
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...that some people are afraid
it could actually create a black hole...
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...and swallow up the entire Earth.
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The Large Hadron Collider,
is a real triumph of human civilization.
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It's easily the most complicated
and powerful device...
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...that the human beings, have ever built.
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You're actually
firing two protons into each other...
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...and having them collide
with an enormous release of energy,
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recreating conditions in a very small area
similar to the Big Bang...
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...in its very earliest instant.
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It is a bit like going back in time,
towards the Big Bang,
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or the beginning of the universe
getting to points...
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...in the history of the universe
where the energies were that high.
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On July 4th, 2012,
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thousands crowded outside in Auditorium,
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at the European Organization
for Nuclear Research, or CERN,
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to hear the announcement
of the LHC's first major finding.
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Streaming the event live around the world,
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scientists prepare
to reveal a discovery...
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...that could solve a decades old mystery
about the nature of our universe.
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The atmosphere in the room was incredible.
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It was not like
a normal physics symposium, or seminar.
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It was truly something
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...was going to be announced,
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that it is completely extraordinary,
which it was.
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As a layman, I would now say,
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I think we have it.
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What the scientists at CERN had discovered
was a tiny bit of matter...
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...that some call "The God Particle".
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Scientists around the world
celebrated the discovery...
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...of the God Particle as a milestone
in human knowledge,
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and thought that it's going to open up...
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...new layers
of our understanding of reality.
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But just what is the so-called
"God Particle?"
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And what is it telling us
about the universe?
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Known in the scientific community
as the Higgs Boson,
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the particle was first theorized
by physicist, Peter Higgs, in 1964.
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Its discovery confirms
the existence of an invisible force...
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...throughout the universe,
known as, the Higgs Field.
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Scientists believe
when particles interact with this field,
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they acquire mass,
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which slows them down,
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and allows them to form matter
such as planets and stars.
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An image that's often used
is ping-pong balls,
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moving through sand or sugar.
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Sometimes they're pushed down real deep,
sometimes they're on top of the sand.
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If you're on top, you move around quickly;
If you're deep in, you move slowly.
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And that interaction
with this other Higgs particle...
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...is what gives other particles,
their mass.
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You really can't overemphasize
the importance of finally saying...
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...there is a Higgs particle,
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and that, we,
really are on the right track.
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There's great excitement
in the scientific community...
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...because the Higgs Field
permeates all of space-time.
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It's possible, theoretically,
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to effectively switch off
the mass of particles...
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...and achieve near light speed
very easily.
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This could open up not only the planets,
but the stars to human exploration.
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Whether it's through science,
religion, philosophy,
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or the ancient astronaut theory,
the fact is,
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we are all seeking answers
to the same questions.
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Who are we? Where do we come from,
and ultimately, where are we going?
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And so we celebrate a discovery
like, the Higgs Boson, or, God Particle,
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because, it brings us that much closer...
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...to answering the questions
that have fascinated humanity...
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...for thousands of years.
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Scientists believe
that the discovery of this tiny particle,
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could represent a quantum leap
in our understanding of the universe.
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Some have even proposed
that it could open the door...
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...to anti-gravity technology,
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travel at the speed of light,
and the creation of wormholes.
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However, Ancient Astronaut theorists,
propose that, the God Particle...
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...is not a new discovery,
but rather a rediscovery.
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Chandighar in India.
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This thriving city
at the foot of the towering, Himalayas,
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is the Capital of India's Punjab state.
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It was in this region of northwest India
that scholars believe...
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...a series of religious texts called,
the Vedas,
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were compiled from oral stories
that had been passed down for centuries.
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The Vedas,
according to the Indian tradition itself,
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were put together in the final form
about 5000 years ago.
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But these hymns, had been circulating
in the Indian region for a long time.
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We do know that not a single letter
of the four Vedas has changed,
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unlike any other text in the world.
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So there was the belief
that the text of the Vedas...
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...should not be tampered with
because they represent the entire cosmos.
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In the Hindu lore,
the Vedas are not of earthly origin.
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They are from mysterious sources.
And they are from before time.
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They are from before human history.
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And are said
to be from before even the gods.
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Major figures in modern science
were ardent students of the Vedas.
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Bohr and Schrodinger, read arduously.
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Oppenheimer, could read it in Sanskrit.
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Even Einstein and Tesla,
were known to have read it.
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It had a profound influence
on modern thinking.
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Inside these ancient tomes,
are Hinduism's first stories of creation.
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In one Vedic text, called, the Rig Veda,
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creation was said to have begun
suddenly and explosively...
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...from an infinitesimal point
of pure energy.
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It describes this strange cosmic egg...
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...that begins
as a single concentrated point.
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And everything expanded
from this single concentrated point...
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...to form the universe.
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Now, if you look at this
from a modern perspective...
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...this actually reflects
modern science's Big Bang theory,
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where the universe began
as a singularity...
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...and expanded to form the universe
as we know it today.
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To me, the similarities are astounding.
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It's not like this idea
was just banging around...
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...for anybody to see.
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It was a concept that our scientists
didn't start to embrace...
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...until the 20th century.
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And yet, it was already there,
in these texts...
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...that are at least 3000 years old,
if not much older.
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What is remarkable in the Vedas...
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...is that, they were able to come
to an understanding,
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which is very similar to the understanding
that modern science has reached,
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through the intuitions
of our great contemporary scientists.
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Is it really possible
that the Hindu creation story...
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...from the Rig Veda,
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is evidence,
that people living thousands of years ago,
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may have had knowledge
of the precise scientific process...
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...involved in the creation
of the universe?
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A process, modern scientists,
are only just beginning to understand?
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Ancient astronaut theorists, say, yes,
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and believe that further proof
can be found...
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...in another early creation story,
the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis.
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One of the first phrases in Genesis,
"Let there be light."
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And, this is like the moment
of the Big Bang.
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The whole universe began
effectively as light, as energy.
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We're speaking of moments of existence...
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...that humans would experience
just as a great flash of light.
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And, in that sense,
the story of Genesis in the bible...
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...and science, converge.
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We have in this verse,
the description of the very first light.
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The light out of which all things came.
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The light which led, finally,
to match to things of substance...
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...to the universe, itself.
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In current scientific theory,
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fractions of a second after the Big Bang,
the Higgs Field transformed...
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...what had been particles of light
into mass.
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Matter, into creation itself.
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We have very strong parallels
with the scriptures.
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First, light and then, matter.
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Similar descriptions of the universe
beginning from a single point of light...
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...can be found in cultures
throughout the ancient world,
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from Egypt to China
and to the American Southwest.
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In the Egyptian creation narrative,
the very first god was, Atum.
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He emerged from the darkness
to create Egyptian civilization.
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The Sumerian, the Egyptian, the Norse.
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Something emerges out of darkness.
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Or, they're emerges out of chaos.
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Where there was no form, form begins.
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There is something about these stories
that is beyond any one of them...
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...that seems to allude
to a greater reality.
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But, how is it, that the ancient world's
most sacred texts...
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...all described creation
in much the same way...
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...as our current scientific theory.
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And where did our ancestors...
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...get this seemingly
advanced understanding...
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...of the origins of the universe?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answers may lie.
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In the stories of the man
who compiled the Vedic texts...
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...in written form,
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a mysterious sage named, Veda Vyasa.
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In the Hindu mythologies,
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Vyasa is believed to be a reincarnation
of the god, Vishnu,
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and that Vishnu,
specifically took on a human embodiment...
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...to be able to write down
these classic texts.
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This sage, Vyasa,
who is the author of the Vedas...
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...was said to be an immortal.
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And, ultimately, one of the gods himself.
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Some have suggested
that Vyasa, came to earth...
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...to record and impart
this Vedic knowledge to mankind.
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Now, could it be possible
that he was in fact an extraterrestrial...
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...who came here with the direct mission
to bring knowledge to mankind...
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...and guide them in their understanding
of Science and Physics?
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Could Veda Vyasa,
really had been an extraterrestrial?
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And might have educated mankind
about the workings of the universe...
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...thousands of years
before the Large Hadron Collider...
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...was ever, even constructed.
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But if so, why?
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Ancient Astronaut theorists, believed
further evidence can be found...
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...in the stories of a Greek scientist,
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2500 years ahead of his time.
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The Thracian coast, Greece.
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At the northern end of the Aegean Sea,
lie the ruins of an ancient metropolis.
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2500 years ago,
Abdera was a thriving seaport...
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...and trading center.
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It was a wealthy hub of commerce
between empires...
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...and the home of one of history's
greatest thinkers, Democritus.
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Democritus, was a Greek philosopher
in the 5th century before the Common Era.
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He was not just a philosopher,
but a scientific theorist.
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In fact, his great gifts
have led him to be revered...
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...as the father of modern science.
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Democritus was born to a wealthy family...
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...and educated by Persian Magi,
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learned priests who were said
to control the fates.
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It was believed
that he was trained by the Magi,
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these priests of the east,
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and, that he also traveled
to Egypt and to Babylon,
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and studied with the secret masters...
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...who had these ancient wisdom teachings
hidden in their lineage.
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Democritus traveled quite a bit.
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And through his travels
learned quite a lot traveling east,
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through what we call "the ancient
near East," studying with the Magi.
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And studying with Chaldeans,
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who were known for their magical,
mysterious learnings...
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...and their magical,
mysterious knowledge, as well.
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Through his travels
and his interactions with people...
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...said to have mysterious knowledge,
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the young Philosopher and Mathematician,
came up with a radical theory...
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...concerning all matter in the universe.
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Democritus, theorized, that everything,
people, plants, stone and sun,
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were made of the same stuff,
tiny particles he called, atomos.
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He, developed an early version
of the atomic theory.
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It is an early theory
of everything in the world...
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...being made up of these very,
very small, invisible particles,
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which Democritus, then, called atoms.
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Democritus argued
that there's a fundamental building block.
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Even though we couldn't see them,
that was the theory.
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The philosophical theory
that was in ancient Greece.
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This is long before science.
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When Democritus was talking about atoms,
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it's amazing how close he got
to what we really know.
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What he was motivated by
was the idea that if you cut something up,
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the pieces still have the same properties.
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And so,
he just did the thought experiment.
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Well, if I keep cutting it smaller,
then eventually,
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I'll have the smallest possible piece,
and that's the atom.
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And that's what gives it its properties.
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That's basically, our picture of matter,
now, that smallest piece...
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...is the protons, neutrons,
and the electron, that make up the atom.
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What Democritus articulated
2500 years ago,
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is remarkably similar
to today's Standard Model of physics,
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the basis of our search
for the Higgs Boson, or God Particle.
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But how could Democritus's have known
about atoms...
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...and the forces that govern it?
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Could it be that Democrates had access
to advanced and perhaps...
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...even extraterrestrial information
about the quantum realm.
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Some Ancient Astronaut theorists
believe that the answers lie,
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in an even more radical suggestion,
Democritus made, about the cosmos.
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In his writings, Democritus proposed
that there are many worlds...
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...and that these worlds
even sustained life.
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Now, could it be that by other worlds
he was maybe even referring...
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...to parallel universes?
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As we fast forward from Democritus
to the more current era...
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...where the idea of parallel universes
have really taken off...
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...is the multi-universe view,
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where all possibly universes has occurred.
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This is very similar to Democritus' idea
of making all possible universes.
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But now, they're very much
next to each other, parallel in space,
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as well as occurring in time.
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Some cosmologists today,
believe our universe is one of many,
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and that the God Particle could lead us
to discovering this other universes.
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Is it possible,
that Democritus had knowledge of this...
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...2500 years ago?
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And might that information had come to him
not only from a different world,
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but perhaps, a different universe?
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Democritus, claimed to communicate
with what he thought were parallel worlds.
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He, sometimes would exercise his energy
by going into places of the dead...
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...and would receive what he thought
were voices and information...
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...which would predict the future.
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Some accounts of Democritus
describe him as having access...
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...to magical powers,
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with which he could control the weather
and predict natural disasters.
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He, also allegedly communicated
with what, he, referred to...
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...as other worlds.
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And, he, described images and voices
that came to him...
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...giving him all sorts of information.
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Is it possible
that the priests of the Magi,
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the priests of the Egyptian
mystery schools...
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...and the priests of Babylon
taught him some form of ancient practice,
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that allows the human body
to become an instrument...
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...to connect directly
on a telepathic level...
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...with extraterrestrial beings?
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The more that we draw forth in science...
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...we're going to discover
the truths of the past...
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...that have long been hidden from us.
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Yes, mankind has been directed
from the beginning.
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But did Democritus,
truly have understood atomic theory...
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...and the concept of multiple universes
all the way, back in the 5th century BC.?
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Or is it possible
as some Ancient Astronaut theorists...
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...suggest that he
was simply documenting information...
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...passed on to him
by more advanced beings.
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Clues about our universe
deliberately left for us...
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...to discover over time?
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Perhaps, the answer can be found
by looking at the discovery...
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...of the God Particle
and its connection, to the Mayan calendar.
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Palenque, Mexico.
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These majestic stone ruins
are all that remain...
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...of the once powerful Mayan city.
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With its towering stone pyramids
and ornate plazas,
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Palenque, reveals the true sophistication
of the Mayan civilization.
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In terms of scientific
and artistic achievements,
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the Maya, were among
the world's best ancient civilizations.
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Their advancements in math,
engineering, astronomy, geometry,
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were unparalleled in the entire Americas.
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It was in this, ancient Mayan city
that researchers have unearthed...
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...one of the best examples
of a remarkable calendar,
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that tracked not only days and months,
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but also ages spanning thousands of years.
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The Maya, were very, very intent
on recording the passage of time,
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so much so, that the early scholars
called the entire culture...
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...esoteric time worshipers.
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They had a number of calendrical cycles,
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the one of the last ones they made
we call the long count.
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To the western mind,
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you could look at it
as the odometer on your car.
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It clicks through time,
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...and scholars have
a difference of opinion...
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...whether it is a cycle
that will reset itself...
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...or whether it is a system
that can go backwards...
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...and forward into perpetuity.
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The Mayans, were obsessed
with the idea of time cycles and worlds.
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They believed that we had existed
in three previous worlds...
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...and that they could forecast
or predict the emergence of a new world.
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And that was the purpose
of the Mayan calendar,
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was to pinpoint a specific date and time,
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when one world would end
and a new world would begin.
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The Mayan calendar
last turned on the 21st of December, 2012.
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Thousands of people from around the world
descended on Mayan sites...
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...to mark the event.
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Some, however, sought dire omens
in the occasion.
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The Mayan prediction
of the end of the world in December 2012,
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caused a firestorm of prophecy watchers,
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and people believing
that it was actually Doomsday.
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But as we know now,
nothing of that nature...
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...actually happened at that time.
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If it wasn't a doomsday clock
as many believed,
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then, just what was this ancient calendar
predicting?
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Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest
it may have in fact, been counting down,
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not to the end of the world,
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but to the dawn of a new era
in human history.
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The Mayan's never said
it was going to be doomsday.
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They simply said it would be
a new moment of creation.
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Maybe, the Mayan calendar
predicted a monumental leap forward.
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A transition that would lead us
into a whole new era...
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...of scientific understanding
and possibility.
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What did happen
was we discovered the God Particle,
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the Higgs Boson. So, perhaps,
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what the Mayan Calendar
was trying to predict...
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...was not some terrible catastrophe,
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but our own very important discovery
of the God Particle.
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And, how we can use this...
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...to understand our place
in the universe.
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If the Maya did indeed predicted
the discovery of the God Particle,
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did they also leave a clue,
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as to where, this knowledge could take us?
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Some Ancient Astronaut theorists
believe the answers may be found...
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...480 miles north, on carved blocks
of hard volcanic andesite,
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at another Mayan archaeological site
in Izapa.
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On Stela 5, there is a depiction
of a mythological tree,
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that the Maya believed
connected the cosmos and the Earth.
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For the Maya,
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the world tree bridged
the seen and the unseen.
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The celestial and the earthly.
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The Mayans believed
the tree exuded a kind of syrup...
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...or sap, called, the Itz.
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It had qualities that allowed portals
to open to make contact...
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...with unseen dimensions.
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It was the key, if you will,
to other worlds.
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The Mayans, talked about
this type of cosmic ooze...
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...that they thought literally emanated
from the world tree.
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Itz, actually opened up portals
to other worlds.
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Maybe they're talking
about some advanced energy...
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...that they didn't
directly have access to,
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but had the understandings and teachings,
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possibly taught to them
by extraterrestrials.
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When I, looked at the symbolism
of the sacred tree, I got to thinking...
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...what if, that sap is the Higgs Boson,
the God Particle,
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and you have scientists saying
that it could potentially lead...
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...to time travel, and our ability
to create tiny wormholes.
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Now is it possible
that we can use the discovery...
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...of the God Particle
and the Higgs Boson,
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to understand our place in the universe...
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...and even to teleport and travel
through time and space.
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Was the Mayan calendar devised
to predict the discovery...
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...of the God Particle.
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And if so, could this mean
that we are getting closer...
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...to a reconnection, with alien beings
that visited Earth, long ago?
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Some Ancient Astronaut theorists believe
another clue may be found,
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just outside the entrance
to the Large Hadron Collider,
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with the statue of, Shiva.
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Geneva, Switzerland.
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Outside the headquarters
of CERN's Large Hadron Collider,
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is a 12-foot statue of the Shiva Nataraja,
or the Dancing Shiva,
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one of Hinduism's most powerful gods.
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Lord Shiva, is one of the three great gods
of the Hindu teaching.
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He, is the god of destruction.
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His job is to destroy
but it is in order to renew.
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He, destroys and creates.
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His energy, the dance,
he's considered the lord of the dance,
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a cosmic dance and it's the dance
of destruction and recreation.
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God Shiva, is a complex character.
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It's very difficult
to understand, Shiva, in one word.
471
00:31:37,517 --> 00:31:41,293
Because, he, is the god of procreation.
And, he, is also the god of destruction.
472
00:31:41,383 --> 00:31:45,707
He's also the god that destroys everything
because everything that is created...
473
00:31:45,827 --> 00:31:47,278
...must come to an end.
474
00:31:52,683 --> 00:31:54,625
According to Hindu mythology,
475
00:31:54,949 --> 00:31:58,303
Shiva, is the god
who will one day destroy the universe,
476
00:31:58,393 --> 00:32:00,373
to make way for a new one.
477
00:32:01,242 --> 00:32:04,014
Shiva's cosmic dance
is not seen as a negative,
478
00:32:04,104 --> 00:32:06,318
even though it is greatly destructive.
479
00:32:07,901 --> 00:32:12,505
It is destroying in order
for something new to be created.
480
00:32:12,665 --> 00:32:15,326
So it is an essential part
of the process of life...
481
00:32:15,416 --> 00:32:18,978
...that things are cleared away
so new things, new possibilities,
482
00:32:19,068 --> 00:32:21,482
better possibilities can emerge.
483
00:32:23,446 --> 00:32:27,638
But, could the various attributes
associated with this Hindu god,
484
00:32:27,855 --> 00:32:32,705
be connected to a recent discovery
made at the Large Hadron Collider...
485
00:32:32,869 --> 00:32:37,262
...about how our universe could suddenly
and catastrophically end?
486
00:32:39,629 --> 00:32:44,581
One of the intriguing outcomes
of the Higgs Boson mass measurement,
487
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:50,160
is the realization that the Higgs Boson
and the top cork...
488
00:32:50,905 --> 00:32:56,148
...may put us right on the ragged edge
of an instability condition...
489
00:32:56,238 --> 00:32:57,518
...in the universe.
490
00:32:58,137 --> 00:33:01,712
The universe can exist
in several different states.
491
00:33:02,572 --> 00:33:07,954
Water, it can exist as steam,
as liquid water, frozen ice.
492
00:33:09,276 --> 00:33:11,973
If the universe changes state,
493
00:33:12,253 --> 00:33:17,900
it would produce bubbles of space time
expanding at the speed of light...
494
00:33:17,990 --> 00:33:22,039
...that could destroy everything,
all normal matter, all everything...
495
00:33:22,149 --> 00:33:24,182
...in the universe as we know it.
496
00:33:26,757 --> 00:33:28,705
Some people are saying,
they're used it, say,
497
00:33:28,795 --> 00:33:31,349
there's going to be expanding bubbles
of nothingness that will create new,
498
00:33:31,439 --> 00:33:32,885
a whole new universes.
499
00:33:33,173 --> 00:33:36,909
And in a sense, we know
that the universe has to be unstable...
500
00:33:36,999 --> 00:33:39,150
...because it made the Big Bang
in the first place.
501
00:33:45,011 --> 00:33:48,220
Could Shiva, not only
be a mythological deity...
502
00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:52,160
...that represents the ancient Hindus
understanding of the universe,
503
00:33:53,373 --> 00:33:56,764
but might he also then,
an other worldly being,
504
00:33:57,044 --> 00:33:59,526
who passed on information
to our ancestors...
505
00:33:59,616 --> 00:34:02,346
...that we, are only now, rediscovering?
506
00:34:02,894 --> 00:34:05,909
Maybe the great god, Shiva,
the destroyer, was actually trying...
507
00:34:05,999 --> 00:34:07,710
...to communicate in ancient times.
508
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,708
Things that we're learning today
about breaking things down...
509
00:34:10,798 --> 00:34:13,399
...to the finest particles,
and understanding that these...
510
00:34:13,489 --> 00:34:17,439
...are how we understand the basis of life
at a subatomic level.
511
00:34:18,327 --> 00:34:21,273
In Hindu tradition,
Shiva, was often portrayed...
512
00:34:21,363 --> 00:34:25,570
...as blue skinned with a third eye
in the middle of his forehead.
513
00:34:26,170 --> 00:34:29,352
And if you look at
the different depictions of Shiva's dance,
514
00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:33,068
you see, that he is almost
always surrounded by some type...
515
00:34:33,158 --> 00:34:36,005
...of a circular structure with flames.
516
00:34:37,736 --> 00:34:41,190
We see parallels to technology
where he's always depicted...
517
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,801
...in this circle
when he's doing his cosmic dance.
518
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:47,360
It seems very similar to what we see
at the Hadron Accelerator...
519
00:34:47,450 --> 00:34:50,093
...in this large
circular particle accelerator.
520
00:34:50,183 --> 00:34:52,840
Maybe there's some tie-in
between Shiva being depicted...
521
00:34:52,930 --> 00:34:54,202
...in a circular device,
522
00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:57,517
and the way we're smashing particles now
in the Hadron Accelerator.
523
00:34:59,222 --> 00:35:03,735
Now, what did our human ancestor artists
try to depict here?
524
00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:07,854
Do the accounts of his cosmic dance...
525
00:35:08,921 --> 00:35:11,770
...refer to some type
of misunderstood technology,
526
00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:15,085
very much similar
to the Large Hadron Collider?
527
00:35:16,725 --> 00:35:17,683
In the Catholic Mass,
528
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,320
there is a ceremonial artifact
called, a Monstrance.
529
00:35:22,864 --> 00:35:25,551
If you look at this image,
if you look at this item,
530
00:35:25,641 --> 00:35:27,035
it has a burst of light.
531
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:32,535
Very similar to the pattern
of Shiva's light, this dance of creation.
532
00:35:32,982 --> 00:35:38,881
Some say, this shape can be seen
in the Hadron Collider at CERN.
533
00:35:42,687 --> 00:35:47,139
Some?? Suggest that the invention of tools
like the Large Hadron Collider...
534
00:35:47,259 --> 00:35:49,657
...are happening as part of a plan?
535
00:35:50,413 --> 00:35:53,811
Did celestial beings
who came to Earth in the distant past,
536
00:35:53,965 --> 00:35:58,168
give early humans insights
into the origin of existence?
537
00:35:59,059 --> 00:36:02,679
Ancient Astronaut theorists
believe the answers may be found...
538
00:36:02,959 --> 00:36:05,777
...not in what CERN has already uncovered,
539
00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:09,060
but in discoveries yet to come.
540
00:36:13,785 --> 00:36:17,532
CERN Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
541
00:36:19,580 --> 00:36:24,003
The Large Hadron Collider
was heralded as a monumental success...
542
00:36:24,093 --> 00:36:29,726
when it helped to discover
the Higgs Boson, or God Particle, in 2012.
543
00:36:30,226 --> 00:36:32,532
But that, was only the beginning.
544
00:36:33,155 --> 00:36:37,199
Since then, researchers have embarked
on a multi-year project,
545
00:36:37,289 --> 00:36:41,045
to upgrade what is already
the most powerful machine on Earth,
546
00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:46,001
by retrofitting it with bigger, better,
and more efficient systems.
547
00:36:47,410 --> 00:36:52,290
When the Large Hadron Collider
is activated again in 2015,
548
00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:57,046
it will wield at least
double the power it did, in 2012.
549
00:36:57,268 --> 00:37:01,717
And could boast even 10 times more
by the end of the decade.
550
00:37:03,421 --> 00:37:08,016
When you look at the size of the detectors
at the Large Hadron Collider,
551
00:37:08,177 --> 00:37:12,731
you realize that we really are pushing
the limits of technology.
552
00:37:13,657 --> 00:37:17,315
The Large Hadron Collider
is something like seven times...
553
00:37:17,405 --> 00:37:21,008
...more powerful than anything else
that's existed before.
554
00:37:21,822 --> 00:37:27,200
We'll be even able to get even closer
to conditions in time,
555
00:37:27,290 --> 00:37:30,043
even closer to the beginning
of the Big Bang.
556
00:37:33,357 --> 00:37:37,884
The work that is happening right now
during the LHC shutdown,
557
00:37:38,004 --> 00:37:41,265
is to prepare the detectors
and the experiments...
558
00:37:41,725 --> 00:37:43,651
...for the big energy step.
559
00:37:44,236 --> 00:37:47,371
We are going into even more higher energy,
560
00:37:47,571 --> 00:37:51,965
and that means that we're probing deeper
and we can be just around the corner...
561
00:37:52,055 --> 00:37:56,493
...of discovering something
which is completely blowing our minds.
562
00:37:57,879 --> 00:38:02,303
The human race is going to be focusing
more energy in a small area...
563
00:38:02,393 --> 00:38:03,998
...than we've ever done before.
564
00:38:04,088 --> 00:38:06,720
So we're looking
for a whole new phenomenon.
565
00:38:08,779 --> 00:38:12,855
The scientists at CERN
hope that by increasing the power...
566
00:38:12,945 --> 00:38:14,998
...of the Large Hadron Collider,
567
00:38:15,318 --> 00:38:18,968
they will not only be able
to learn more about the God Particle,
568
00:38:19,128 --> 00:38:23,919
but also, uncover other,
perhaps even more profound secrets...
569
00:38:24,009 --> 00:38:25,335
...of the universe.
570
00:38:25,843 --> 00:38:30,889
But some scientists, have voiced concerns,
that the Large Hadron Collider...
571
00:38:31,116 --> 00:38:34,811
...could create a black hole
that would swallow up the Earth,
572
00:38:36,317 --> 00:38:38,900
set off a massive nuclear explosion,
573
00:38:39,749 --> 00:38:43,274
or even form a vacuum bubble
that could tip the balance...
574
00:38:43,364 --> 00:38:45,202
...of the entire universe.
575
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:49,761
Perhaps this is a little hubris.
576
00:38:49,905 --> 00:38:54,270
And we all know what happens
when physicists get full of hubris.
577
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:57,116
But there's always a little bit of fear
when you're pushing back...
578
00:38:57,206 --> 00:39:00,635
...the frontiers of science.
It's part of the frontier spirit.
579
00:39:02,505 --> 00:39:05,434
We have to admit that we don't know
how the universe started.
580
00:39:05,524 --> 00:39:07,956
And, as we go
into higher and higher energies,
581
00:39:08,046 --> 00:39:10,121
we don't know what we are going to find,
582
00:39:10,211 --> 00:39:13,041
because this physics at these levels
is an experimental...
583
00:39:13,131 --> 00:39:15,815
...completely experimental science.
584
00:39:15,971 --> 00:39:18,487
We don't have
the complete understanding...
585
00:39:18,577 --> 00:39:20,279
...and description of the universe,
586
00:39:20,369 --> 00:39:24,681
that can create this anxiety and fear
that we might create something...
587
00:39:24,771 --> 00:39:26,565
...that will end the universe.
588
00:39:27,196 --> 00:39:30,620
When we look at the experiments
that have been conducted at CERN...
589
00:39:30,820 --> 00:39:32,810
...with the Large Hadron Collider,
590
00:39:33,236 --> 00:39:37,296
it may be that humanity
is taking its first baby steps...
591
00:39:37,456 --> 00:39:41,445
...towards the actual construction
of the universe.
592
00:39:42,559 --> 00:39:45,610
We're manipulating matter
at the subatomic level.
593
00:39:45,810 --> 00:39:50,489
And we are literally harnessing
the forces of creation themselves.
594
00:39:50,814 --> 00:39:55,644
The amount of the universe
that we see and know,
595
00:39:55,734 --> 00:39:58,529
that is part of the standard
model of physics,
596
00:39:58,901 --> 00:40:02,573
is only like four percent
of the mass of the universe.
597
00:40:03,305 --> 00:40:06,206
We're going into a vast unknown territory.
598
00:40:06,392 --> 00:40:09,590
We're going to be witnessing events
that no human being...
599
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,378
...has ever witnessed before.
At energy density scales,
600
00:40:12,469 --> 00:40:15,049
no human being
has ever been able to create before.
601
00:40:15,139 --> 00:40:16,354
So it's very exciting.
602
00:40:16,974 --> 00:40:18,754
Who knows what we'll find.
603
00:40:22,269 --> 00:40:26,428
By wielding the incredible power
of the Large Hadron Collider,
604
00:40:26,716 --> 00:40:29,297
could we one day recreate the big bang,
605
00:40:29,453 --> 00:40:32,236
to form an entirely new universe?
606
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,800
And at the same time, destroy our own?
607
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:42,760
Or might we instead be reaching
the threshold of a new age for mankind.
608
00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:48,159
If Ancient Astronauts came to our planet
hundreds of centuries ago,
609
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:51,694
perhaps, they deliberately planted
the seeds of knowledge...
610
00:40:51,894 --> 00:40:55,037
...that would eventually lead us
to where we are today.
611
00:40:56,557 --> 00:40:59,491
Perhaps, finding
the so-called, God Particle,
612
00:40:59,868 --> 00:41:04,946
will allow us to finally answer
mankind's most persistent questions,
613
00:41:05,449 --> 00:41:06,728
who are we?
614
00:41:06,991 --> 00:41:08,689
Where did we come from?
615
00:41:09,177 --> 00:41:11,444
And the most persistent of all,
616
00:41:12,310 --> 00:41:14,195
are we alone?