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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

Does Stephen Wolfram's Theory of Everything Work?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Astronomy, Physics, Science, Natural Sciences

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

How does Stephen Wolfram's Physics Project work and what have we learned?

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Megan Divine, host of Hereafter with me, Megan Divine on the Amy Brown Podcast Network.

0:06.0

There's a lot going on lately, which is a massive understatement.

0:10.0

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0:16.0

Join me for conversations with interesting people about difficult things,

0:20.0

with new episodes of Hereafter with Megan Divine every Monday on the Amy Brown Podcast Network,

0:25.0

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0:55.0

Hello, I'm Viosa and I'm Mala.

1:05.0

And we are the host of Look at the Radio.

1:09.0

Look at the Radio is a radio-phonic novella, which is just a very extra way of saying,

1:15.0

A podcast.

1:17.0

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1:23.0

You can listen to Look at the Radio on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:33.0

Hey Daniel, how can you tell the difference between a physicist and a crackpot?

1:45.0

Is this one of those internet memes like, can you tell which picture is a homeless man and which one's a physics professor?

1:51.0

Well, you usually can, but I guess I mean, you know, someone has a crazy new idea.

1:57.0

How do you know whether to take them seriously or just ignore them?

2:01.0

Well, the truth is, mostly you can't tell.

2:05.0

I mean, some crazy ideas about the universe turn out to be true, like, look at quantum mechanics.

2:11.0

Wow, so does that mean that you read every theory that people send you over the internet?

2:15.0

I tried to, but you know, there are just too many. There's so many people out there with fun and silly and crazy ideas.

2:23.0

So honestly, most people in physics just ignore them.

2:27.0

Does that mean that the theory of everything could be right now buried in a spam folder?

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