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The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. Subscribe on YouTube: The way Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical physicist, sees it, Harriet Tubman is the Great American Astronomer. Using the North Star, with no formal training, Harriet Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom. Chanda is a night sky expert, too.…

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The way Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical physicist, sees it, Harriet Tubman is the Great American Astronomer. Using the North Star, with no formal training, Harriet Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom. Chanda is a night sky expert, too. She’s studying the intersections of astrophysics, particle physics, and cosmology, and she’s a leading thinker in understanding dark matter—the invisible particles some postulate could account for most of the matter in the universe. Chanda’s latest book, “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred” is out now.

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  1. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:00 pm

    – ❞ لا تحاول تحسين صورتك لأحد ..كُلّنا عاديّون في نظر من لا يعرفنا ..مغرورون في نظر من يكرهنا ..جيّدون في نظر من يعرفنا ..رائعون في نظر من يُحبّنا.❝

    ✍️_ _دوستويفسكي_

  2. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:01 pm

    ـ❞ فلسفتي هي: ليس من شأني ما يقوله الناس عني ويفكرون به . أنا ما أنا عليه ، وأفعل ما أفعله. لا أتوقع شيئًا وأتقبّل كل شيء. وذلك يجعل الحياة أسهل بكثير.❝

    ✍️_ _السير فيليب آنثوني هوبكنز_

  3. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:02 pm

    ـ❞ دع أعدائي يلتهمون بعضهم بعضا.❝

    ✍️ _ _سلفادور دالي_

  4. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:03 pm

    ـ❞ لا يزأر الأسد، لتسمعه الخراف والأبقار وأصناف الحمار، و باقي المخلوقات ممن يأكل العشب أو يجترّه اجترار. لكنّ زئير الأسد يذكّر تلك المخلوقات الدُنيا لو سمعته، يذكّرها بموقعها في هذا العالم، فيما لو نسيت أو تناست من تكون في غفلة من الأيام، وعلا صوت ثغائها أو خوارها أو نهيقها أو مأمأتها.. أجل، زئير الأسد ينبّهها، أن تكفّ عن النطنطة والتشبيح الفارغ وكثرة اللغو والثرثرة..!❝

    ✍️ _ _جمال هلال ناجي_

  5. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    ـ❞ إن أدوات التواصل الاجتماعي ، صارت تمنح حق الكلام لفيالق من الاغبياء الحمقى ممن كانوا يتكلمون في الحانات فقط بعد تناول كأس من النبيذ، وكان يتم اسكاتهم فوراً.. أما الآن فلهم الحق بالكلام مثلهم مثل من يحمل جائزة نوبل.. إنه غزو البلهاء..!❝

    ✍️ _ _أومبرتو إيكو_

  6. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    ـ❞الجميع يفكر في تغيير العالم، لكن لا أحد يفكر في تغيير نفسه❝

    ✍️_ _تولستوي_

  7. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:05 pm

    ـ❞لا تقترب من الثور من أمام، ولا من البغل من خلف، ولا من الغبي الأحمق من أي مكان! ❝

    ✍️_ _جورج برناردشو_ 🇪🇺

  8. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:06 pm

    ـ ❞لا تتخذ أصدقاء لا يعادلوك.❝

    ✍️ _ _كونفوشيوس_

  9. अब्दुल्ला 🇮🇳

    August 11, 2022 at 1:06 pm

    – ❞إذا لم تجد رفيقًا أفضل أو مساويًا لك، إذن تابع بحزم مسارك منفردًا.❝

    ✍️ _ _بوذا_

  10. Аб дулла

    August 11, 2022 at 1:14 pm

    _Give yourself the space to listen to your own voice and your own soul. Too many people listen to the noise of the world and get lost in the crowd_ . ✍️

  11. Аб дулла

    August 11, 2022 at 1:20 pm

    ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏⠀‏⠀‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏⠀⠀ ‏ㅤ⠀‏ ‏‏⠀‏ ‏⠀‏⠀‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏⠀‏ ‏‏⠀ ‏ ‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏ ┈┉━❀TED❀━┅┄‏‏ ‏‏⠀ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏⠀‏⠀‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏ ‏‏⠀‏ ‏‏ ⠀⠀ ‏ㅤ ⠀
    أمامنا خيارين إما تفكيك أو تغيره لمستقبل أفضل 🌍 وأكثر استدامة وأمنا

    هذه لحظة محورية من أجل الكوكب 🌍،

    علينا أن نجد سبيل لنعيد مد جسور الثقة بيننا ورعاية بعضنا بعضاً من أجل الإنسانية 💚،
    وسعياً لتوحيد القوى لفتق أفق من الإحتمالات التي لا تحصى 🌍،

    معا يمكننا بناءً مستقبل أفضل🌍.

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    August 11, 2022 at 1:26 pm

    💋

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    Through this playlist, we explore the present past and the haunting events that continue to contribute to current struggles for FREEDOM.

    We remember Mam’ *Winnie* and her sacrifices and feel our way through her pain, courage and temerity and draw inspiration from to continue to work for a society in which the constitution is a lived reality for all.

    “ _Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past, by building a future based on equality and social justice_ .”

    – 🇿🇦 *NELSON MANDELA* ✍️
    _Signing of South Africa’s new Constitution_ ,
    _Sharpeville_ ,
    _10 December 1996_

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    August 11, 2022 at 1:30 pm

    *_CHANGE THE WORLD_* 🌍 🤔

    _CHANGE is inevitable, it’s a prerequisite for growth. If nothing ever changes, there will be no butterflies, if everything is bound to stay the same, hope becomes vain_ .

    Nothing CHANGES if nothing changes, without change, nothing grows. Though Change can sometimes be painful, but nothing changes things like CHANGE.

    _Expect CHANGE, and most importantly, prepare for it, for those who are prepared when it comes, make the most of it to advance their life_ .

    CHANGE is a part of life, and life doesn’t get better by chance, it only gets better by change.

    _Don’t fear CHANGE, prepare for it, embrace it. You can’t become who you want, by remaining who you were_ . ✍️

    🤔

  14. Maybe You're Right😀

    August 11, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    🇵🇸 *PALESTINE* 🤔

    _🇺🇳 UN Human Rights Chief _*_MICHELLE BACHELET_*_ is alarmed by the number of 🇵🇸 Palestinians, particularly children, killed and injured in the occupied PALESTINIAN territory this year, including latest escalation in Gaza. 🇵🇸_

    _Impunity drives the cycle of violence,_ Bachelet says.⁠

    ─ _🇺🇳 UN HUMAN RIGHTS_

  15. Maybe You're Right😀

    August 11, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    It is time for us to *ACT* on
    what everyone knows to be TRUE✓

    Too many TEARS 😭 have been shed. 

    Too much BLOOD has been shed. 

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    us have a RESPONSIBILITY 🌎 to work for the day when the MOTHERS of 🌏PALESTINIANS and ISRAELIS can see their CHILDREN grow without FEAR 😨😨😨 !!!.

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    .

  16. 阿卜杜·安拉٭٭٭⃝🇨🇳٭٭

    August 11, 2022 at 2:14 pm

    “ _The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers WISDOM_ .”

    — ISAAC ASIMOV ✍️

  17. 阿卜杜·安拉٭٭٭⃝🇨🇳٭٭

    August 11, 2022 at 2:16 pm

    ” _The humane thread that binds people who are required or compelled to pay attention to people who are obliged by circumstance or prefer by disposition to let the always-cacophonous parade go by, is hope_ .”

    — *ANDREW MITROVICA* ✍️

  18. ‍🌈ƦIȤMA𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙🇧ekasi⸽

    August 11, 2022 at 2:23 pm

    *Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿

    _If you practice compassion, whether you believe in a religion or not, you will come to realize the value of compassion for your own peace of mind. The very atmosphere of your own life becomes happier, which promotes good health, perhaps even a longer life. By developing a warm heart, we can also transform others. As we become nicer human beings, our neighbors, friends, parents, spouses, and children experience less anger. They will become more warmhearted, compassionate, and harmonious. You will see the world around you change little by little. Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives_ . ✍️

    ─ His Holiness *Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿

  19. PoweredByFlow

    August 11, 2022 at 3:05 pm

    How to subvert physics science and astrology. lol
    I knew what i was getting when i saw the name of the interviewee is “Weinstein”, got not disappointed.
    Also getting triggered by the term “Dark Matter” because it has the word “dark” in it, is f’ing hilarious to me.

  20. Philip Surette

    August 11, 2022 at 3:29 pm

    ‘Dark matter is invisible, it’s everywhere, and it doesn’t interact with matter very often. The same is true for neutrinos. So are neutrinos dark matter? Neutrino physicist Dr. Kirsty Duffy and neutrino/dark matter researcher Dr. Asher Kaboth (Royal Holloway, University of London) break down the most likely dark matter candidates and where neutrinos fit into the mix.’

    In the 1970s Carl Sagan made an observation stating that ‘a four-dimensional dentist could work on a tooth in the mouth of a three-dimensional human without the three-dimensional person opening his/her mouth.’ I realize this was only an observation, but upon hearing it I queried if the four-dimensional person can’t be seen by a three-dimensional person. Assuming there are multiple levels of dimensions. Is it possible that dark matter / dark energy are dimensional variations? I think the idea might cause some to scratch their heads and wonder.
    Question for the science personality type.
    Has anyone in the scientific community ever observed any interaction between a black hole and dark matter/energy? If not then why not, if so what was this interaction?

  21. Joe Doaks

    August 11, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    Black holes n dark matter? Nope, math delusions. Please look into electro-magnetism and it’s doppelganger, the 4th state of matter, plasma.

  22. SICTEL Balochistan

    August 11, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    Gorgeous 🥰. I found this video and clicked it.while watching I fount it perfect and clicked like. Big thumb up

  23. dakota Nobriga

    August 12, 2022 at 9:46 pm

    The Harriet Tubman line in the video description comes off a lil odd. Are you trying to make people draw a comparison between this person and her research to one of the most incredible and brave people in history, because they ain’t nothing alike.

  24. 🇬█ 𝔎𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑚 𝔎alisari│

    August 14, 2022 at 2:17 am

    _🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 _*_TED_* ✓🤔

    *_How do you manage when things don’t seem to be under your control_* ?? 🤔

    _We can steer our lives with our thoughts, actions and behaviour but still, our life has the ultimate control over it_ .

    There are times in life when nothing seems to be working in our favour. We put in our best effort, but are unable to achieve the desired results. We feel disappointed and frustrated. This moment of frustration only adds to our stress and anxiety. We must never forget that there is a limit to what we can control and truly, there is very little control we have.

    _If you cannot see things happening your way, just do your very best, relax your mind and observe. There is nothing more than the best you can do but remember when you put in a hard and honest effort, it may take time but life tries its best to bring you to it_ .

    – *Dr Bhawna Gautam* ✍️

  25. randal green

    August 14, 2022 at 11:50 am

    What a disappointment, EVERYTHING without exception is now turning into race and politics.

    • whatApp +①⑦①⑤②①⑦⑥⓪④⑥

      August 15, 2022 at 11:45 pm

      Let’s talk 💬💬👆..

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