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Big Picture Science

Time Travel Agents

Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Hey, let’s meet last week for coffee. Okay, we can’t meet in the past … yet. But could it be only a matter of time before we can? In an attempt to defy the grandfather paradox, scientists try sending a photon back in time to destroy itself.  Also, find out how teleportation allows particles to instantaneously skip through space-time and why sending humans wouldn’t violate the laws of physics.  But before you pack your bags for that instantaneous trip to Paris, we need to understand the nature of time. A physicist offers a testable theory and ponders how it bears on free will. Plus, feel as if time comes to a standstill when you’re standing in line? Tricks for altering your perception of time while you wait. Some businesses already use them on you.   Guests: Richard Muller – Physicist, University of California Berkeley, author of “Now: The Physics of Time”  Seth Lloyd – Professor of quantum mechanical engineering, M.I.T.  Emma Bentley – contributor  David Andrews – Author of, “Why Does the Other Line Always Move Faster?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

0:04.0

The corporate world is like the ocean.

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It's alluring, but it's also full of deadly creatures that can shredd you to pieces.

0:11.0

It becomes kind of like a game of

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throne's political arena where everyone's trying to

0:15.8

murder you to get your job.

0:17.3

My family doesn't come from corporate background,

0:19.2

so I didn't have any sort of guidance in that.

0:21.6

This is not your typical work podcast.

0:23.8

Sometimes you need to be empathetic.

0:25.4

And then there are times that you ask for input,

0:27.4

but you don't really give a shit.

0:28.8

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