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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating on the Modern Wisdom Podcast with Chris Williamson (#313)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this interview with Chris Williamson on the Modern Wisdom Podcast, Brian Keating talks about what it takes to build a telescope that can detect the farthest regions of space in the Antarctic, what the Nobel Prize originally set out to achieve and how the politics of the physics community can often get in the way of progress. He discusses his book Losing The Nobel Prize and his motivations for writing it. Subscribe to the Jordan Harbinger Show for amazing content from Apple’s best podcast of 2018! https://www.jordanharbinger.com/podcasts Please leave a rating and review: On Apple devices, click here, https://apple.co/39UaHlB On Spotify it’s here: https://spoti.fi/3vpfXok On Audible it’s here https://tinyurl.com/wtpvej9v Find other ways to rate here: https://briankeating.com/podcast Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating or become a Member on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join To advertise with us, contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We as experimentalists are the bouncers in the nightclub of the universe and that we actually are the ones that squash and keep things out and keep the field honest in a sense.

0:16.7

And it can also happen to us as I describe in my book.

0:20.0

So my book is called Losing the Nobel Prize.

0:22.8

Sometimes you get swept up in sort of the pursuit of things

0:27.0

that are non-scientific in nature

0:29.2

in that they may be related to benefiting your career or your pocketbook.

0:34.0

And this is a relatively new affliction.

0:36.8

You know, I don't think very many people in the olden days

0:39.7

were concerned as much about fame and fortune in science.

0:43.7

Welcome everyone to this collaborative episode of Into the Impossible.

0:56.0

In this fast moving episode, Celebrity Podcaster Chris Wilhelimson turns the tables on your host Brian Heating.

1:08.1

Chris gets Brian talking about his work, his philosophy of science, and his book, losing the Nobel Prize. They get real about how even science can get political, ego-driven, and hyper-competitive.

1:17.0

Brian gets deep into his motivation for writing losing the Nobel Prize and his personal story. If you're hungry for sincere open dialogue into cutting-edge science

1:27.0

and want to know what great minds are thinking,

1:30.0

please keep into the impossible in your feed by subscribing and following.

1:34.7

And for some extra credit, head to our YouTube channel at D.R. Brian Heating.

1:39.3

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1:54.2

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1:59.2

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2:06.3

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