The Michael Shermer Show

175. Brian Keating — How it All Began: Cosmic Inflation, the Multiverse, and the Nature of Scientific Proof

Apr 24, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
2
I'm a Jew. I'd Love to Have It by Next Thursday
04:58 • 6min
3
I'm Not a Rabid, Militant Atheist, and You're a Christian, and You're Not Going to Accept These Arguments for Theism.
10:48 • 5min
4
Physicists Have Mathematical Enemies
15:54 • 2min
5
I Think Paparian Falsification Is Just One Element of Science
18:13 • 6min
6
The Limits to the Existence of Life Forms
23:58 • 4min
7
I Have a Dog, I Have a Puppy, I've a Dog.
28:22 • 1min
8
How Does the Deity Interact With the Physical Stuff?
29:49 • 5min
9
Are You Agnostic?
34:30 • 2min
10
Hawking, God Did Not Create the Universe
36:56 • 3min
11
Inflation and the No-Border Proposal
39:39 • 4min
12
You're Just Making This Up, This Multi Verse
43:58 • 2min
13
Is There a More Natural Multiverse in the Landscape of String Theory?
45:34 • 5min
14
The Solar System Size Particle Accelerator
50:55 • 4min
15
Hawking Hawking
54:36 • 6min
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Hawking Is Not in the Pantheon of the Great Physicist
01:00:22 • 2min
17
Is the Theory of Evolution by Means of Natural Selection a Threat to Belief in God?
01:01:59 • 2min
18
Is There a Deistic God?
01:04:14 • 4min
19
Do You Think Human Nature Has Changed?
01:08:24 • 2min
20
The Origins of Morality
01:10:13 • 5min
21
Are You Agnostic About Climate Change?
01:15:14 • 5min
22
Catholicism and Judaism
01:20:27 • 2min
23
How Does Judaism Play a Role in the Western World?
01:22:22 • 3min
24
The Mythic Truths a Verse Empirical Truths
01:25:20 • 5min
25
How to Raise a Labrador Retriever
01:30:15 • 3min
26
What Is Gravity?
01:33:15 • 2min
27
The Most Mysterious of All the Forces
01:34:57 • 2min
28
The Theory of Special Relativity and the Conservation of Energy
01:37:19 • 2min
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You Can Get All the Integers if You Start With Nothing Notenough
01:39:30 • 2min
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What's Your Next Big Project?
01:41:19 • 3min
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The Imprints of Inflationary Gravitation Waves in the Infant Universe
01:43:51 • 2min
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Is the Past the Key to the Present?
01:45:42 • 2min
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What Is the Solution to the Cold War?
01:47:45 • 24sec