Why Are People Protesting Against a Telescope? | Robert Kirshner (#400)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 10 March 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Join my mailing list https://briankeating.com/list to win a real 4 billion year old meteorite! All .edu emails in the USA 🇺🇸 will WIN! Today, we’re joined by a real hero of mine and mentor to millions around the world – dr. Robert Kirshner! Robert is an astronomer of great renown. He is the Clowes Research Professor of Science at Harvard University and executive director of the Thirty Meter Telescope. This remarkable international scientific endeavor will radically change our understanding of the universe and our place within it. With its unprecedented design, the TMT will feature unique capabilities for exploring black holes, dark matter, and the possibility of life outside the solar system. Tune in to learn more about Robert’s monumental discoveries and the most controversial telescope on Earth. Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:27 Judging a book by its cover 00:03:29 The discovery of cosmic acceleration 00:08:18 The history of cosmic expansion, dark energy, and the density of the universe 00:22:51 Balancing confidence and humility in scientific research 00:25:21 Telescope technology and its applications in astronomy 00:35:05 Did the Big Bang never happen? 00:39:54 The most controversial telescope on Earth 00:56:49 What would Robert do differently? 01:00:21 Outro — Additional resources: 📝 Get one month of Snipd Premium for free with this link: https://get.snipd.com/Cx7S/brianSnipd Snipd lets you take Smart Notes 🧠 with AI 💡 — it’s my favorite podcast player 😀 ! ➡️ Check out Robert Kirshner: 💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kirshner-3a740026 📚 Get the Extravagant Universe on Amazon: https://a.co/d/cWvZRHk ➡️ 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 subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today we're joined by the renowned astronomer and my good friend Dr Robert Kirchner.
0:04.5	Robert's the executive director of the 30 meter telescope. A remarkable international scientific endeavor
0:09.7	that will radically change our understanding of the Cosmos and are placed within it.
0:13.5	Robert's one of the few people who can rightly say he proved Einstein wrong when he discovered with
0:18.6	his team members, including past guest, Adam Reese and Brian Schmidt, that the universe did have a cosmological
0:24.2	constant unlike old Albert who claimed that dark energy or the cosmological
0:28.2	constant was his biggest blunder. With its unprecedented design the TMT
0:32.3	will feature unique capabilities for exploring black holes,
0:35.3	giant galaxies, dark matter, and the possibility of life outside of our solar system.
0:40.3	In this exciting episode, Robert shares the ambitions of the TMT and takes us through the historic past and present and his role in the creation of our modern cosmological model.
0:50.0	He's mentored not one but two Nobel Prize winners, and you're going to be in for a treat with his mentorship as well.
0:55.2	So tune in. I know you're going to enjoy it.
0:56.9	Now let's go. Into the Impossible. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
1:07.0	Open the pod bay doors now.
1:13.0	Bob how are you doing today up in Pasadena?
1:15.0	I'm delighted to be here and you know I haven't seen you in a while so it's fun to catch up and I'm ready for whatever you've got
1:26.1	cooking here. The very first thing we always do with our treasured guests is to do
1:30.5	something you're never supposed to do which which is to judge a book by its cover.
1:35.8	When I was preparing for the interview, I look back to cut and paste in all the details of your work and your vast, vast career that has really been 10 careers
1:48.1	worth, just incredible output.
1:50.5	And I look back and I, of course I went to Amazon, you know, it's the only place to get but and it said that I bought your book in May of 2003. So my copy is over 20 years old.
2:02.8	I understand there's been recent editions.
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