Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in dark energy, general relativity, and quantum mechanics. Sean is a research professor at Caltech and a prolific author known for his books "The Big Picture" and "Something Deeply Hidden," which explore the intersection of science, philosophy, and the mysteries of the universe.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:23 - Sean’s Current Work (Holographic Principle)

07:02 - Duality in De Sitter Spacetime

14:24 - “Let’s Talk About Philosophy”

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 - “The Experimenters Are Guided by Theorists”

01:02:45 - Sean’s Latest Paper “Beyond Falsifiability”

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 - “Publish or Perish!”

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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•⁠ ⁠Peter Woit Podcast: https://youtu.be/9z3JYb_g2Qs

•⁠ ⁠Peter Woit's Book on "Not Even Wrong" (URL missing)

•⁠ ⁠Lee Smolin Podcast: https://youtu.be/uOKOodQXjhc

•⁠ ⁠Neil Turok Podcast: https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE

•⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's "Crisis in Physics" Podcast (URL missing)

•⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Podcast Channel (URL missing)

•⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Book on "The Big Picture" (URL missing)

•⁠ ⁠Julian Barbour Podcast with Michio Kaku (URL missing)

•⁠ ⁠String Theory Iceberg Video: https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY

•⁠ ⁠Economist Article on "Universe is Creaking" (URL missing)

•⁠ ⁠Article on Quantum Microtubule Phenomenon: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936

•⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Article: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2008/03/06/being-a-heretic-is-hard-work

•⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll's Beyond Falsifiability Article: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05016

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