In today's episode of Theories of Everything, Curt Jaimungal and Julian Barbour challenge conventional physics by exploring Barbour's revolutionary ideas on time as an emergent property of change, the universe's increasing order contrary to entropy, and the foundational nature of shape dynamics.
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LINKED MENTIONED:
- The Janus Point (Julian Barbour’s book): https://www.amazon.com/Janus-Point-New-Theory-Time/dp/0465095461
- ‘Relational Concepts of Space and Time’ (Julian Barbour’s 1982 paper): https://www.jstor.org/stable/687224
- ‘The Theory of Gravitation’ (Paul Dirac’s 1958 paper): https://www.jstor.org/stable/100497
- Carlo Rovelli on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF4SAketEHY
- ‘On the Nature of Things’ (book): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674992009
- Leibniz: Philosophical Writings (book): https://www.amazon.com/Leibniz-Philosophical-Writings-Everymans-University/dp/0460119052
- Elementary Principles of Statistical Mechanics (book): https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Principles-Statistical-Mechanics-Physics/dp/0486789950
- The interpretations of quantum mechanics in 5 minutes (article): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/the-interpretations-of-quantum-mechanics
- Sean Carroll on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AoRxtYZrZo
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:12 - Working Outside of Academia
03:53 - Space, Time, Dimension
10:40 - Mach’s Principle
21:33 - Mach Confused Einstein
24:22 - Two Particle Universe
31:46 - Carlo Rovelli
35:02 - Julian’s Ontology
43:37 - Julian’s Theory ‘Shape Statistics’
51:11 - Leinbiz’s Philosophical Writings
56:14 - Expansion of the Universe (Scale Invariance)
01:05:02 - Cosmological Principle
01:15:34 - Thermodynamics
01:17:15 - Entropy and Complexity
01:30:40 - Wave Function / Double Slit Experiment
01:39:21 - God
01:44:48 - The Role of Instruments
01:47:44 - Etymology of Pattern and Matter
01:51:25 - Join My Substack!
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