"The best science of all is a science that raises more questions than you anticipated at the beginning," he says. "String theory was discovered backwards, it was discovered by accident." He believes we are now 'at the bottom stage where we can open the door and find that one iuqatod'
This week on the penguin podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science, Michio Kaku. Together they discuss string theory, the unifying threads of different religious beliefs, human curiosity and the barriers to scientific thinking.
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