primary school kids with aspirations
that were so very extraordinary we
dreamed of being astronauts inventors
revolutionary pioneers who explored
ideas with nothing to hold them back as
we grew up our dreams for the future
became more essentially realistic and
doable
this has partly become because we become
more aware of the difficulties that have
yet to be overcome and choose to pursue
careers that lead more comfortable
promising lives now I do not in any way
speak ill of this decision it is
practical and many if not the vast
majority of us conform to this decision
however we should not completely quell
that spark of ambition that we had as
young children it is it is not entirely
impossible and can potentially yield
amazing results imagine being the first
to land on undiscovered alien planet
imagine being part of the researchers to
allow for human civilization and
survival on set planet imagine
developing a strategy to allow for
completely sustainable consumption of
energy with no limitations do you see
the potential and perhaps even the
responsibility that we hold in refining
the world that we live in let us step
outside the threshold certainty and take
risks to reach beyond the attainable
isn’t being Ivy isn’t being a risk-taker
one part of the ivy learner profile
anyways science is an effective medium
through which the theme of reaching
beyond the attainable can be explored
first let’s delve into physics there is
a theory that we potentially live in a
multiverse where there exists many
different parallel universes but outside
our reach
theoretically this is due to the idea
that there are potentially more
there Brian Greene a physicist from
Columbia University described this idea
stating that our universe is potentially
one of numerous slabs floating in a
higher dimensional space Plato’s
allegory of the cave reinforces this
idea imagine that there are prisoners in
a cave and they have their next change
so that they’re forced to stare at a
wall they cannot look around at each
other or add themselves there is a fire
behind these prisoners which casts a
shadow on objects that look like animals
onto these walls now more transpires
after this point let’s stop here
Socrates an Athenian philosopher stated
that from the perspective of the
prisoners the shadows are their reality
as that is all they have been able to
see from the start of their lives
they’re not aware of the 3d world around
them now consider our position of course
we’re not prisoners and we’re not forced
to stare at a wall but what if there
were more dimensions that we could not
perceive this relates the idea of
parallel universes reaching existing in
parallel in dimensions that we could not
yet detect now you may be wondering what
do these have to do with reaching beyond
attainable well it is hypothesized that
an infinite number of possibilities
exist inside these parallel universes
and it is indubitable that we have yet
to achieve much more
thus anything is possible if we
figuratively put our heart into it
before we fall down the rabbit hole of
molecular physics astrophysics and
quantum theory let’s move on to
biotechnology we used to think that many
of the accomplishments and inventions
that we created today were impossible as
a prospect we thought that they were
beyond our reach and too advanced for us
however we have achieved many of these
inventions and attained and
accomplishments as of today and it is
indubitable that we have yet to
accomplish much more reinforcing the
we can now genetically engineer products
to treat ailments for instance in the
past insulin insulin was extracted from
the pancreas of cattle to treat humans
with diabetes well today
a synthetic insulin which was previously
thought to be impossible to create has
been made possible through years of
perseverance in addition we can now take
stem cells from a healthy person to
treat those who are ill isn’t this
simply astonishing
if we keep pursuing such ideas can you
imagine the products available in the
future perhaps we could allow for an
appointment that can heal cuts in an
instant to exist perhaps we could find a
universal cure to all diseases
prosecutors put a stop to add to
bacterial resistance to antibiotics such
ideas reinforce the idea that anything
is possible and we should strive to
achieve the most that we can in addition
to biotech there has been a major
scientific breakthrough in the world of
chemistry researchers organizations and
universities are striving and scrambling
to be the first to achieve and create
metallic stable hydrogen to allow for
major technological advancements namely
in the field of electronics hydrogen is
a gaseous element under standard
conditions but finding a way to change
and maintain its solid form converts it
into its metallic form where it could
allow for superconductors supercomputers
ultra efficient modes of transportation
and much more scientists in Harvard
University have recently been able to
create this product however the the
quantity is very small and scientists
must also now find a way to maintain the
stability of the substance under
different temperatures and pressures as
it does not have such capabilities as of
now we used to think that metallic
hydrogen was not possible to create
however through years of perseverance
such products have been made possible if
we keep pursuing such ideas such
impossible tasks can be made possible in
the future integrating all these ideas
together we should strive to achieve
more than what we think as possible as
it can potentially yield revolutionary
discoveries the physics sample given
above conveys that there are an infinite
amount of possibilities
anything is virtually possible who knows
what our timeline holds this is not
strictly applied to those who are
interested in the sciences
if you want to be an entrepreneur don’t
be afraid to take calculated risks if
you’re interested in technology there
are a myriad of technological products
today that can reinforce this idea
furthermore if you want more living
proof just go console Elon Musk and his
many accomplishments the central the
central question of this TEDx talk is
what if what if we can achieve we can
reach beyond the attainable we can
achieve much more perhaps in the future
we could allow for time travel to be
possible remember all those times we
thought the future is full of flying
cars who says that is entirely
impossible the central idea is that we
should strive to achieve more than what
we think is possible is as it is not
entirely impossible and it is not
entirely impossible and potentially
yield amazing results and the scientific
illusions in this talk reinforced this
your own vision starts with you and the
possibilities are endless thank you