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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Brian Keating On Black Holes, Wormholes and the Origin of Everything w/ James Altucher
May 21, 2024
Brian Keating and James Altucher discuss black holes, wormholes, and the origin of the universe. Topics include time and gravity, falling into black holes, dark matter, limits of the speed of light, and Einstein's relativity. They also touch on recent JWST discoveries, the history of the alphabet, Mercury's orbit, and the concept of a wormhole.
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- Primordial black holes could be dark matter candidates, pre-dating the Big Bang.
- Einstein's theory of relativity established the speed of light as a cosmic speed limit.
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Physics Creativity Through History
Physics has seen a creative evolution starting with Aristotle, then progressing to Isaac Newton, Einstein, and the era of quantum mechanics. Physicists constantly challenge established rules, exemplified by changing the basics when necessary to understand complex concepts like dark matter.
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