What It Takes to Achieve Great Scientific Breakthroughs w/ Rick Walker [Ep. 453]

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to achieve great breakthroughs in science? What makes Galileo’s approach to science still relevant today? And why is it essential for scientists to communicate their work to the general public? Last month, I was invited to Rick Walker's podcast to give his listeners insight into the mind of a scientist. We also discussed the cosmic microwave background, unifying the laws of gravity and quantum mechanics, and more. Tune in! — Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 01:18 Science, curiosity, and creativity 08:46 Entertainment scientists 12:59 The relationship between mathematics and science 20:22 Einstein’s unfinished dream 24:17 Heisenberg uncertainty principle 29:09 Galileo’s approach to science 34:51 My content creation process 39:49 The cosmic microwave background 48:16 Quickfire 52:25 Outro — Additional resources: ➡️ Check out Rick Walker’s Podcast: 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3V74xC3Qv8HZchgn_tYWoA 🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rick-walker-podcast/id1667818152 — ➡️ 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/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ 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/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nature doesn't reveal her secrets. They're quite deeply hidden. So you need to kind of have this
0:06.3	the supernatural confidence that you can achieve greatness and that you can do what others haven't been able to do.
0:11.6	And that's the goal of science is not to
0:13.6	only confirm what other people have done that's important but to actually understand
0:18.8	and can have conviction that you're going to do something new that no one's ever done before.
0:23.0	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:35.3	Open the pod bay doors now.
0:37.5	Welcome, welcome, welcome,
0:38.7	welcome, Brian Keating to the podcast.
0:40.4	Great to have you.
0:41.6	Great to be here, Rick. Thanks for having me on. Great, great, great, great to have you. Great to be here, thanks for having me on. Great, great,
0:44.3	well you've seen Brian both on Joe Roggan and Lex Freeland very frequently
0:49.4	very, very, very recently I think. Brian is the distinguished professor of physics and a public speaker and
0:54.6	inventor he does everything's expert in the study of the universe's oldest light
0:58.4	C and B cosmic microwave background which I think we're going to get into here a second.
1:03.0	Brian's a writer and podcast you've seen himself all over the place very, very prolific
1:07.6	and he's also the best-selling author of what Amazon calls one of the best non-fiction books of all time.
1:15.0	Welcome, Brian.
1:16.3	Thanks so much.
1:17.0	Yeah, it's great to be here.
1:18.6	Great, great, great.
1:19.6	And we are hoping to discuss today, I'm getting echo here, we're hoping to discuss today, I'm going to echo here, we're hoping to discuss today a little
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