The Smallest Ideas in the Universe with Sean Carroll

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

What is the nature of quantum physics? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice get quantum, exploring Schrodinger’s Cat, electrons, Hilbert Space, and the biggest ideas in the universe (in the smallest particles) with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.

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0:00.0	Chuck, my brain is exhausted.
0:01.6	Yeah, I gotta tell you, first of all, I don't even know if I'm here right now,
0:05.1	I'm not sure what field I'm in,
0:07.6	I don't know if I exist.
0:09.2	This is what happens when you spend time with theoretical physicist,
0:12.6	John Carroll, and we just did.
0:14.2	Yes, we did.
0:14.9	It took us into the quantum realm.
0:16.6	Yeah.
0:17.4	Which apparently was not even barely contained
0:19.7	in the universe itself.
0:20.7	Exactly, right.
0:21.9	So when you do this, don't even think... It's not real. You don't even know. You don't even know what you're doing there, okay?
0:29.0	Welcome to Star Talk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:37.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:45.0	This is Star Talk. Neil Degrass Tyson here,
0:46.0	you're a personal astrophysicist.
0:48.0	Got with me, Chuck, nice, Chuck.
0:50.0	Hey, Neil.
0:51.0	Hey, what's happening?
0:52.0	All right, what are you holding in your hand here?
0:53.3	Holding a book.
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