I talk with physicist Chiara Marletto about constructor theory, a novel approach to fundamental physics.
Nov 10
335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe
<p>Science has an incredibly impressive track record of uncovering nonintuitive ideas about the universe that turn out to be surprisingly accurate. It can be tempting to think of scientific discoveries as being carefully constructed atop a rock-solid foundation. In reality, scien ... Show More
1h 17m
Aug 2021
Chiara Marletto, "The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist's Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals" (Viking, 2021)
There is a vast class of things that science has so far almost entirely neglected. They are central to the understanding of physical reality both at an everyday level and at the level of the most fundamental phenomena in physics, yet have traditionally been assumed to be impossib ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 2023
#238 — How to Build a Universe
Sam Harris speaks with Frank Wilczek about the fundamental nature of reality. They discuss the difference between science and non-science, the role of intuition in science, the nature of time, the prospect that possibility is an illusion, the current limits of quantum mechanics, ... Show More
36m 4s
Aug 2023
Leonard Mlodinow On The Poetry, Power, And Beautiful Challenge Of Physics
<p>Ryan speaks with Leonard Mlodinow about his book <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/feynmans-rainbow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life</em></a>, how physicists deal with imposter syndrome ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2021
Alyssa Ney, "The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Quantum mechanics is full of weird findings – for example, that systems widely separated can somehow still be correlated, and that a system may be in two different possible states at the same time. Entanglement and superposition, among other phenomena, have prompted debate since ... Show More
1h 11m