Hank Green - The Universe Is Weird

the universe is weird
by hank green

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a quark can never exist by itself in isolation
something very odd happens when you try to sepparate them
the energy it takes , to break up those two best friends
is just enough to create two more to join back up with them

a photon has no mass . . . and thus travels at light speed
if you’re able imagine going that fast , and if you try i think you might be
you’d be emitted and absorbed in the exact same instant
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even if you travelled from a star 13 billion light years distant .
cuz –

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the universe is weird
i’m kinda freaking out
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what the heck is this all about
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infinite unbounded sets
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and hadronizing gluon jets
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we’ll never understand
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half of what we have at hand
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at least that’s what i fear

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cuz the universe is weird

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an electron has a strong charge , as strong as a proton
and a tiny mass but not nonexistant like the photon
you might want to take a seat now , cause this might blow your mind
it has mass and charge , yes , but not , apparently , a size

there’s a lot of stuff all around you right now
your chair your friend your planet and your sister’s neighbor’s cow
mundane mass and energy is all we know and undestand
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but it’s only 4% of what the universe has at hand
cuz –

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the universe is weird
i’m kinda freaking out
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what the heck is this all about
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infinite unbounded sets
( C sus )
and hadronizing gluon jets
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we’ll never understand
( C sus4 )
half of what we have at hand
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at least that’s what i fear
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cuz the universe is weird

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i was driving in a van with my brother and i said
john , hey , guess what , like , dude , no edge!
because the universe does not exist in any way we can conceive it
no center , no edge , no none of that , whether or not you can believe it

and once upon a time , in a gassy liquid stew
a molecule was like “hey , i turned me into you”
this may be the biggest mystery of all the ones in which we dwell
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how the universe created a tool with which to know itself
cuz –

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the universe is weird
i’m kinda freaking out
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what the heck is this all about
( F ) ( G )
infinite unbounded sets
( C sus )
and hadronizing gluon jets
( F )
we’ll never understand
( C sus4 )
half of what we have at hand
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at least that’s what i fear
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cuz the universe is weird
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oh yeah oh its so weird
its so frickin weird
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oh yeah the universe is weird
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the universe is weird
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oh why on earth is the earth so weird
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and the universe
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oh why in the universe is the universe so weird
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its kinda freaking me out
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i dont know if you noticed but its freaking freaking me out
its so weird
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its so weird