Brian Greene: String Theory, Faster Than Light, and Death
Jan 16, 2023•2 hr 48 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/O2EtTE9Czzo
Brian Greene talks about string theory, faster than light travel, and death / afterlife. This episode has been released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org.
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- IAI Interview Brian Greene and Eric Weinstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0B1D...
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:50 Faster than light travel
00:12:10 Traversable wormholes
00:18:45 Death and fear
00:20:40 Demons of pursuing science and psychedelics
00:27:57 Finding meaning in disconnectedness
00:32:35 The Hard Problem of Consciousness
00:37:38 Gödel, Dyson, and the relevance of a TOE
00:40:35 Time is not fundamental
00:45:35 The Holographic Principle
00:49:20 Google's wormholes and ER = EPR
00:54:18 Geometric Unity, Wolfram, and E8
00:58:00 Curt's upcoming physics paper
01:08:09 Advice for aspiring physicists (young and old)
01:14:50 Ed Witten is terrifying
01:19:15 Carlo Rovelli, Lee Smolin, and emergent time
01:22:02 Simulation Theory, Swampland, and Geometric Algebra
01:32:50 Responding to Eric Weinstein - Bias in String Theory
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