Will We Ever Find a Theory of Everything? Brian Keating & Curt Jaimungal

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Will we ever find the theory of everything? What’s the real difference between artificial intelligence and artificial wisdom? And do experimental physicists really need a deeper understanding of theory than the theorists themselves? I had the incredible pleasure of diving into these profound questions with Curt Jaimungal, host of the popular podcast and YouTube channel Theories of Everything. In our insightful conversation, we explored the nature of theoretical physics, the role of experimental science, and the ongoing quest to understand the origins of the universe, from the Big Bang to the possibility of a cyclical cosmos. Tune in. Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:34 My goals in life 00:02:44 Artificial intelligence vs. artificial wisdom 00:09:20 Gödel's incompleteness theorem 00:19:55 Theoretical vs. experimental physics 00:27:00 What textbooks are there for experimental physics? 00:36:50 What's needed for a Theory of Everything? 00:40:56 What are the limits of experimental physics? 00:42:37 Free will, reductionism, and God 00:51:34 Eric Weinstein's geometric unity 00:59:12 Outro Additional resources: ➡️ Check out Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal: 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w 💻 Website: https://www.curtjaimungal.org/ ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://x.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 ✨ Member's only playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw 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	Experimentalists are kind of like exterminators. Our job is to kill off the bugs in theories and destroy theories that don't comport with evidence.
0:08.2	We're not required to create new theories and also look what are the limitations of experiments so most of our time is
0:14.1	looking for ways to prove ourselves wrong which is fine and said is the job to not be to not
0:19.6	be fool. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:27.0	Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
0:34.8	What are your goals?
0:35.8	Explain to the audience what you do with your channel, what your goals are, as you as a professor
0:40.8	for your life?
0:41.8	Yeah, so my basic dictum in life is that it's incredibly short and you have to make the most of it
0:49.3	and you have to do everything you can until we invent time travel. We have to do everything we can in order to make each moment as
0:58.5	meaningful as invested in with meaning as possible.
1:02.6	And so I do that in different ways,
1:05.1	different habits, rituals, practices.
1:07.9	But one thing I've always wanted to do
1:09.4	is to write a book and leave a legacy as an author and I've learned so much from other authors
1:18.0	that I wanted to start something especially during this time of COVID to give back to people that have been my silent mentors or
1:27.7	Distant learning mentors namely folks like as you mentioned Michael Schurmer has been on my podcast.
1:35.0	We've had people like David Kaiser, very famous and well-known physicist,
1:41.0	all the way down to people that have influenced my life
1:44.0	personally that haven't written books such as Jim Simons who he had on the
1:47.8	podcast for Father's Day. And again following Carl Sagan's dictum, that books are magic.
1:53.3	Books are proof that human beings can work magic.
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