Lex Fridman Podcast

Sean Carroll: The Nature of the Universe, Life, and Intelligence

Jul 10, 2019

35:02

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Are We Getting Better at Faking That?

01:34

Is the Universe a Computational Device?

04:28

Understanding the Universe at a Fundamental Level?

02:03

Introduction

2min

Understanding the Universe at a Fundamental Level?

2min

Is the Universe a Computational Device?

4min

The Entanglement of Quantum Degrees of Freedom

4min

How Hard Is It to Create a Universe?

2min

Is There Intelligent Life?

3min

Are We Blind to Intelligent Life?

2min

Are You Excited by Space Travel?

2min

Starting Life From Non Life

2min

10.

Is Consciousness a Thing We All Fake?

2min

11.

Is Consciousness a Social Constract?

2min

12.

Are We Getting Better at Faking That?

2min

13.

What Kind of Question Can Science Not, Currenly Answer?

4min

14.

Conversation Is a Beginning

2min

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech, specializing in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology. He is the author of several popular books: one on the arrow of time called From Eternity to Here, one on the Higgs boson called The Particle at the End of the Universe, and one on science and philosophy called The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. He has an upcoming book on Quantum Mechanics that you can preorder now called Something Deeply Hidden. Finally, and perhaps most famously, he is the host of a podcast called Mindscape that you should subscribe to and support on Patreon. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations.