Entropy and Coherence Could Change Everything We Know About the Universe! w/ Dick Bond

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Could entropy and coherence change everything we know about the universe? How does quantum information flow in the cosmic superweb? And will quantum mechanics reveal our universe’s deepest secrets? Today, I’m joined by the one and only Dick Bond, a theorist who has helped reshape our understanding of dark matter, entropy, and quantum mechanics, to discuss how every aspect of the universe could be a result of quantum mechanics. Dick is a renowned astrophysicist known for his significant contributions to cosmology and the study of the universe's large-scale structure. He has worked extensively on topics such as dark matter, dark energy, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and quantum cosmology. We also have a treat for you at the end of the episode, as Dick will grace us with a lecture titled Entropy in a Coherent Universe: Quantum Information Flows in the Cosmic SuperWeb. Don’t miss out! — Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 01:29 Lecture preview 06:42 Training the next generation of scientists 10:59 Influences and early career 15:18 The role of entropy and coherence in quantum mechanics 20:41 Challenges in communicating science 31:32 The multiverse and quantum mechanics 36:22 The role of information in physical reality 40:34 The Hubble tension and dark energy 47:10 Outro — Additional resources: ➡️ Learn more about Dick Bond: 💻 Website: https://www.cita.utoronto.ca/~bond/ ➡️ 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 follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is a story about the universe, but more than that, it's a story about how he came to know the universe.
0:08.0	For nearly 50 years, one man, J. Richard Dick Bond has shaped the way scientists see reality itself.
0:18.0	He helped build the standard model of cosmology, not in isolation, but in friendship.
0:24.6	Friendship is what actually drives great science. But now, as teens grow more massive, theories get
0:30.8	stranger and a new generation loses sight of the why behind the what. Dick Bond fears that we're losing something deeper.
0:39.4	You have to maintain your technical chops, but you also have to be able to see the big picture.
0:46.6	In this conversation, we'll cover everything, entropy, coherence, then the quantum universe,
0:52.1	dark energy, the Hubble tension, and what comes next,
0:55.7	but never forgetting the forgotten power of scientific friendship.
1:00.0	This isn't a story just about physics.
1:02.5	It's about the people who dared to ask, what is the universe really made of?
1:07.5	And who are we?
1:08.9	Those that try to understand and wrestle with it. This is
1:12.7	Professor Dick Bond, and this is Into the Impossible. Dick, it's lovely to have you here at
1:18.6	UC San Diego. Thanks so much for coming out and making the trip. I know it's hard to come from
1:22.5	Toronto to San Diego in the winter. It's a tough call, although you haven't made it
1:26.9	absolutely sunshiny while I've been. Well, I've got a tough call, although you haven't made it absolutely sunshining
1:29.0	while I've been. Well, I've got a lot of questions for you. But the first one I have is this
1:33.3	talk that you're going to grace us with later. Tell us about that. Tell us about this wide-ranging
1:37.5	talk. What it is that made what you might call the golden age of cosmology, which I have been, forage to be apart from, from the
1:47.2	emergence in the 70s. It actually emerged in the 60s, and even earlier, as you'll hear, but the
1:54.5	thing that made all of the work happen and all of the great discoveries is not just an intellectual game, it's the
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brian Keating, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Brian Keating and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.