Sal Pais and Stephon Alexander: The Physics of Negative Energy
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
Curt Jaimungal
4.6 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 95 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Stefan Alexander is a theoretical physicist and a professor at Brown University. |
| 0:04.4 | Salvatur Pius is an engineer, formerly at the U.S. Space Force, and currently working for the U.S. Navy. |
| 0:09.9 | Seldomly do those in academia listen to those who are from the outside, and even more rarely do they do so with such compassion and mutual respect that both Stefan and Sal show to one another. |
| 0:20.0 | This is a first of its kind conversation on tow that's meant to exemplify what occurs behind closed doors, but in front of a public audience like yourself. This is the second time that Salvatore Pius has ever conducted an interview, the first time also being on tow, and the link to that will be in the description. Sal is an elusive fellow. Stefan Alexander has also appeared on |
| 0:38.3 | tow, and the link to that is in the description. There we talk about string theory and another |
| 0:42.4 | proposal for a theory of everything called the autodidactic universe. During this conversation |
| 0:47.2 | with Sal and Stefan, I was struck, I still am struck with COVID, so it was extremely difficult |
| 0:51.7 | for me to parse words together cognitively. However, |
| 0:54.9 | just like usual tow episodes, we still retain a level of high technicality. This episode premiered ad-free on theoriesof-everything.org before you're seeing it here, and that's one of the benefits of being a tow member. So if you'd like to donate to Toe to support Toe, then visit Theoriesof-Everything.org, and you'll gain access to several benefits. |
| 1:11.9 | Now on to today's sponsor. |
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| 1:14.6 | with Brilliant, but for those who don't know, brilliance is a place where you go to learn math, |
| 1:19.4 | science, and engineering through these bite-sized interactive learning experiences. For example, |
| 1:24.2 | and I keep saying this, I would like to do a podcast on information theory, |
| 1:27.9 | particularly Chiarra Marletto, which is David Deutsch's student, |
| 1:31.7 | has a theory of everything that she puts forward called Constructor Theory, |
| 1:35.2 | which is heavily contingent on information theory. |
| 1:37.9 | So I took their course on random variable distributions and knowledge and uncertainty |
| 1:42.0 | in order to learn a bit more about entropy. |
| 1:44.7 | Now, there's this formula for entropy, essentially hammered into you as an undergraduate, |
| 1:48.7 | which seems to have fallen from the sky. |
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