Sean Carroll examines why the crisis in fundamental physics is deepening, from holographic ideas to the difficulty of funding unconventional research. He also delves into philosophical questions, discussing poetic naturalism, morality, and aesthetics in science.
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:23 - Seanโs Current Work (Holographic Principle)
- 07:02 - Duality in De Sitter Spacetime
- 14:24 - โLetโs Talk About Philosophyโ
- 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 - โThe Experimenters Are Guided by Theoristsโ
- 01:02:45 - Seanโs Latest Paper โBeyond Falsifiabilityโ
- 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 - โPublish or Perish!โ
- 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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