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Nov 2025
59m 17s

The Limits of Knowing with Elise Crull

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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How do you know what you know? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore issues with quantum mechanics and objectivity, the history of physics, and how scientists ask questions on the edge of our understanding with philosopher of physics Elise Crull. 
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