Michio Kaku: String Theory Is The GOD Equation! (#361)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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There is a God equation in mathematics; could there be a God equation in physics? This is the question to which Dr. Michio Kaku has dedicated his life. Dr. Kaku is a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of String Field Theory, Dr. Kaku carries on Einstein’s quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory. In this episode of Into the Impossible, Dr. Kaku and I embark on a quest to find this theory of everything. We discuss artificial intelligence, string theory, God, agnosticism, how to become the next Einstein and one of my favorite books – The God Equation. Tune in! Key Takeaways: Intro (00:00) Could an advanced AI create a game like chess? (02:23) Balancing fame with physics (04:31) Has particle physics been dormant for the last 50 years? (08:32) Rivals to the string theory (18:39) Different laws for different universes (25:38) Is string theory falsifiable? (31:09) What agnosticism means to Michio (38:42) Is there a step before a grand unified theory? (41:26) What connects the string theory to God? (44:01) Michio’s parents were interned during WWII (47:14) Outro (53:52) — Additional resources: 🥗 Thanks, HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/50impossible and use code 50impossible for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months. 📝 With a MasterClass annual membership, you can take one-on-one classes from the world’s best for $10 a month with your annual membership, get unlimited access to every class — and even better, right now, as an Into The Impossible listener, you can get 15% off when you go to MASTERCLASS.com/impossible. 🧑‍💻 Visit LinkedIn.com/IMPOSSIBLE to post your job for free! 📚 The God Equation by Michio Kaku: https://a.co/d/bo4MDC2 ➡️ 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/mailing_list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ 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

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0:00.0	Science progresses independent of the whims of jealousy and human nature.
0:07.0	So physics will march forward no matter how jealous people are or how much backstabbing there is,
0:12.0	because that's human behavior.
0:15.0	You can't stop it. That's just the way it is. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:27.0	Open the pod bay doors.
0:33.0	Welcome everybody to the Into the Impossible Podcast.
0:36.0	I am your fearful host, Dr. Brian Keating, and this is now Professor Michio Kaku's second appearance on the Into the Impossible
0:44.4	podcast because of a mistake by an unknown unnamed podcast software which I will not
0:50.9	repeat but anyway today is going to be even bigger and better than ever
0:54.2	Because so much has happened just in the week or so since I first interviewed Michio and he is so gracious and so kind to come back given his busy schedule and his newly christened
1:04.8	best-selling book, The God Equation, which is one of my favorite books in
1:08.8	recent memory.
1:09.8	Michio, how are you?
1:10.8	Very good.
1:11.8	The honor to be a new show. It's really such a pleasure and I want to congratulate you from all of us in the Arthur C. Clark Center for Human Imagination
1:20.0	not only the success of the book,
1:23.3	you know, in terms of commercial success,
1:24.7	but in terms of the critical acclaim
1:26.1	that it has received.
1:27.4	It's made a tremendous impact.
1:28.9	And I want to begin with maybe this version of the podcast to make up for past sins on my part,
1:38.0	maybe it was a message to me. Do you believe in kind of the mysterious ways of serendipity Michio that maybe this was for a reason that we
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