Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in dark energy, general relativity, and quantum mechanics. Sean is a research professor at Caltech and a prolific author known for his books "The Big Picture" and "Something Deeply Hidden," which explore the intersection of science, philosophy, and the mysteries of the universe.
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01:23 - Sean’s Current Work (Holographic Principle)
07:02 - Duality in De Sitter Spacetime
14:24 - “Let’s Talk About Philosophy”
30:36 - The Crisis in Fundamental Physics
45:02 - Pseudoscience / Heterodox Ideas
50:30 - Unconventional Physics Theories
56:02 - Funding Unconventional Theories
01:00:58 - “The Experimenters Are Guided by Theorists”
01:02:45 - Sean’s Latest Paper “Beyond Falsifiability”
01:11:17 - Poetic Naturalism
01:13:00 - Morals, Aesthetics, Philosophy
01:16:44 - Boltzman
01:22:25 - The Big Bang
01:24:58 - Holography / Quantum Gravity
01:28:40 - “Publish or Perish!”
01:33:30 - Dark Matter
01:36:05 - Something New to Blow Your Mind
01:39:22 - Loop Quantum Gravity
01:49:56 - Outro / Support TOE
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• Peter Woit Podcast: https://youtu.be/9z3JYb_g2Qs
• Peter Woit's Book on "Not Even Wrong" (URL missing)
• Lee Smolin Podcast: https://youtu.be/uOKOodQXjhc
• Neil Turok Podcast: https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE
• Sean Carroll's "Crisis in Physics" Podcast (URL missing)
• Sean Carroll's Podcast Channel (URL missing)
• Sean Carroll's Book on "The Big Picture" (URL missing)
• Julian Barbour Podcast with Michio Kaku (URL missing)
• String Theory Iceberg Video: https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY
• Economist Article on "Universe is Creaking" (URL missing)
• Article on Quantum Microtubule Phenomenon: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
• Sean Carroll's Article: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2008/03/06/being-a-heretic-is-hard-work
• Sean Carroll's Beyond Falsifiability Article: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05016
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