Intro

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/e8kyvdPP8os

A crash course in theoretical physics, using natural units and high school mathematics. This is the lesson I wish I had when I was younger.

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LINKS MENTIONED:

Sabine Hossenfelder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP5G20ImveU 

Andrew Dotson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5NKHsOzvAc 

Pretty Much Physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cQqRYVA3Ms

Nima's Lecture: https://youtu.be/nVO4I3D38O0

Richard Borcherds' YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIyDqfi_cbkp-RU20aBF-MQ

Norman Wildberger's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/njwildberger

Conversion Chart #1: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~korytov/phz4390/note_01_NaturalUnits_SMsummary.pdf

Conversion Chart #2: http://www.saha.ac.in/theory/palashbaran.pal/conv.html

Quantum Gravity podcast (Salvatore Pais): https://youtu.be/5E6QyAhTB3o?t=3057

On Enthymemes (Lue Elizondo): https://youtu.be/wULw64ZL1Bg?t=6971

Carlo Rovelli podcast: https://youtu.be/r_fUPbBNmBw

Stephen Wolfram's TOE: https://youtu.be/1sXrRc3Bhrs

Eric Weinstein podcast: https://youtu.be/KElq_MLO1kw

String Theory podcast (Stephon Alexander): https://youtu.be/VETxb96a3qk

QFT and Knot Theory podcast (Dror Bar Natan): https://youtu.be/rJz_Badd43c

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 The Why: A shift in perspective

00:02:07 The What: What to expect to learn in this video

00:04:53 The How: The TOE approach

00:10:53 What are Natural Units?

00:26:09 Conversion equations

00:40:09 Newton's constant / Entropy / Why speed is "dimensionless"

00:47:56 A Neutron star's pressure

00:49:16 Proportionate strengths of forces / "Wave function" is not a function

00:54:41 Knots / Extra dimensions

01:02:41 Inside Microtubules / Consciousness / Penrose's theory

01:07:55 Naïve Vacuum Expectation / Dark Energy

01:14:01 Calculating with the Schwinger Limit / Superforce

01:21:41 Annihilating electron - positron pairs / Quantum gravity / Black holes

01:31:32 *Sponsor and Patreon*

01:34:23 Length of an atom

01:41:12 Cutting a solid / How "special relativity" challenges what it means to "exist"

01:42:25 Laconically deriving the Casimir Pressure falloff / Rigor in math and physics

01:44:35 Analyzing the Sun

01:36:31 The size of Earth (derivation from fundamental constants)

01:46:16 Intuiting the radius of an electron / Classical Mechanics break down

01:31:51 On why we use X Rays to probe solid matter

01:51:33 Scales of the LHC / God particle

01:53:18 Summary

01:54:21 What's next?

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Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it.

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