{"id":13377,"date":"2020-03-31T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T18:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=13377"},"modified":"2020-04-04T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:50:09","slug":"the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-2-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-2-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 2. Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the second installment in our video series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe<\/a>. Today&#8217;s idea is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PZozMO3wWfo&amp;ab_channel=SeanCarroll\">Change<\/a>. This sounds like a big and rather vague topic, and it is, but I&#8217;m actually using the label to sneak in a discussion of continuous change through time &#8212; what mathematicians call <em>calculus<\/em>. (I know some of you would jump on a video about calculus, but for others we need to ease them in softly.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t worry, no real equations here &#8212; I do write down some symbols, but just so you might recognize them if you come across them elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 2. Change\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PZozMO3wWfo\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PZozMO3wWfo\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZozMO3wWfo\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT43M17S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-03-31T18:04:32Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_PZozMO3wWfo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PZozMO3wWfo\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 2. Change<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PZozMO3wWfo\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PZozMO3wWfo\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 2. Change\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is Idea #2, &quot;Change.&quot; Which is a less-threatening way of saying &quot;Calculus,&quot; which is the mathematics of continuous change. My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HI09kat_GeI&amp;list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX&amp;ab_channel=SeanCarroll Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: https:\/\/wallpapersafari.com\/w\/fSr7BN #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #math\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, I&#8217;m still fiddling with the green-screen technology, and this was not my finest moment. But I think I have settled on a good mixture of settings, so video quality should improve going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update: here is the Q&amp;A video. Technical proficiency improving apace!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 2 - Change\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_m2qrXl0g0OE\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/m2qrXl0g0OE\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m2qrXl0g0OE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT40M58S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-04-04T18:46:50Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_m2qrXl0g0OE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/m2qrXl0g0OE\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;A 2 - Change<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m2qrXl0g0OE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/m2qrXl0g0OE\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 2 - Change\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is the second Q&amp;A video, following the idea &quot;Change&quot; discussed here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PZozMO3wWfo&amp;ab_channel=SeanCarroll My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HI09kat_GeI&amp;list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX&amp;ab_channel=SeanCarroll Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: https:\/\/wallpapersafari.com\/w\/fSr7BN #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #math #change #calculus #classicalmechanics\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the second installment in our video series, The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. Today&#8217;s idea is Change. This sounds like a big and rather vague topic, and it is, but I&#8217;m actually using the label to sneak in a discussion of continuous change through time &#8212; what mathematicians call calculus. 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