Don Lincoln: Did Einstein Waste The Last 30 Years of His Life? [Ep. 439]

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN! For centuries, we have observed the night sky and wondered about the laws of nature, matter, and our place in the universe. Once rooted in theology and philosophy, these questions are now being explored through the prism of high-energy particle physics with one goal in mind - to discover the final, definitive theory - the theory of everything. But what is a theory of everything? And does it even exist? Here today, to explore these questions with me, is none other than Don Lincoln, a renowned experimental physicist and host of the Fermilab YouTube channel! Don has recently published Einstein's Unfinished Dream, a book in which he explores the cutting-edge research of modern particle physicists that is slowly pushing us towards a theory of everything. Tune in! Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:20 Did Einstein waste the last 30 years of his life? 00:01:49 Israel presidency 00:02:37 Judging a book by its cover 00:05:47 The grand unified theory and the theory of everything 00:14:56 Is there anything significant about the Planck length? 00:19:13 The path to discovery nowadays 00:24:17 Why do theorists get all the attention? 00:28:35 Is there a fascination with symmetry? 00:39:36 Is space-time a metaphysical concept? 00:43:53 Alternatives to string theory 00:53:44 LHC and its discoveries 01:02:04 Muon collider 01:10:45 Dark matter, neutrinos and quark mysteries 01:21:05 Science communication 01:28:25 Audience questions 01:45:12 Outro — Additional resources: 📝 Get one month of Snipd Premium for free with this link: https://get.snipd.com/Cx7S/brianSnipd Snipd lets you take Smart Notes 🧠 with AI 💡 — it’s my favorite podcast player 😀 ! ➡️ Connect with Don Lincoln: 💻 Website: https://drdonlincoln.com/ ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/drdonlincoln ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For centuries, humans have gazed up to the night sky and questioned the nature of matter.
0:05.2	Energy, fields and forces, and questioned our place in the cosmos.
0:08.8	Once rooted in theology and philosophy, these questions can now be explored the lens of high energy
0:14.9	critical physics. We strive to understand the ultimate laws of nature and
0:19.1	discover the final theory, the theory of everything.
0:22.6	But does it even exist?
0:24.1	But despite our progress, there's so much we don't know.
0:27.1	And there's so much hype surrounding the issue, many of which comes from past guests
0:30.9	on the podcast.
0:32.0	Luckily though, today, our guest is someone who embraces this uncertainty and is a driving
0:36.5	force in the experimental quest to understand the Cosmos.
0:40.7	Meet Don Lincoln, a renowned experimental physicist and the host of the Fermi Lab
0:45.0	YouTube channel, who's here to discuss his latest book, Einstein's Unfinished Dream.
0:50.3	This book answers the question, what did Einstein actually believe?
0:54.0	Join us as we explore the most mesmerizing content in the universe and search for the final theory of everything.
1:01.6	Let's go. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
1:15.0	Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
1:17.0	Don Lincoln, welcome to the program.
1:19.0	Well, thank you for inviting me.
1:21.0	Don, did Albert Einstein waste the last 30 years of his life?
1:25.8	No no he tried to solve what is a difficult and thus far intractable problem. I don't think that's a waste.
1:36.4	Obviously I like it better if you were able to come up with a solution that, you know,
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