Latham Boyle: The Simplest Model That Explains Nearly Everything

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Latham Boyle proposes a unified model challenging Big Bang cosmology through time-symmetric universe theory. He examines the concept of unification and how his work challenges conventional views of the Big Bang and time symmetry.SPONSORS:- I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE- Indeed: Get your jobs more visibility ($75 credit). https://indeed.com/theories- HelloFresh: Free breakfast for life. https://www.HelloFresh.com/freetheoriesofeverythingRESOURCES:- Neil Turok on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUp9x44N3uE- Neil Turok's lecture on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwhqmPqRl4- Latham's paper on the Primordial Power Spectrum: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.00344v1- A Model of Leptons (paper): https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.19.1264- The dominant model of the universe is creaking (article): https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/06/19/the-dominant-model-of-the-universe-is-creaking- Introduction to Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory (book): https://archive.org/details/introductiontoax0000nnbo/mode/2up- Support TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!)- Listen to TOE on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Join TOE's Newsletter 'TOEmail' at https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We want to take a very minimal approach.
0:03.6	We would like to see where we can get by just taking the solutions of the known laws of physics seriously.
0:09.2	It's a very elegant, minimal proposal.
0:15.6	Inflation is assumed by virtually every model of physics from string theory to the standard model of cosmology.
0:22.7	What if it's wrong? What if the laws of physics are already staring us in the face?
0:29.0	By taking the known laws of physics to their logical extreme,
0:32.7	Professor Latham Boyle and Neil Turrock have uncovered a CPTPT-symmetric universe that could explain dark matter.
0:39.9	The dark matter has this particular mass of 4.8 times 10 to the 8 giga electron volts.
0:45.3	The arrow of time.
0:46.8	In other words, there's just one space in the space-time where you're really pinned to a state of low entropy.
0:51.8	And even the properties of the most elusive particle, the neutrino.
0:55.9	It has to be the case that the lightest neutrino is massless. All without invoking cosmic
1:01.7	inflation. Boyle from the Perimeter Institute has been developing this revolutionary minimalistic
1:07.5	model of the early universe with Neil Turok, who's been interviewed on this podcast
1:12.1	before and links in the description, a model that completely violates the consensus of ever
1:17.4	more mathematical complexity in physics angering his peers. The consequence, what if the Big Bang
1:24.4	was actually a cosmic mirror.
1:33.0	Professor, welcome.
1:36.6	I appreciate you coming on and sharing your potential theory of everything.
1:38.7	Thanks so much, Kurt, for having me.
1:42.7	And, yeah, I appreciate you having me on.
1:53.8	So, okay, so, yeah, I wanted to explain this cosmological model, a new picture of the early universe or really of the universe as a whole that I've been working on for the past several
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