Here’s my 2 hour crash course on theoretical physics: https://youtu.be/e8kyvdPP8os
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Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything
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LINKS MENTIONED:
– Fear of a Black Universe: https://amzn.to/3rxGFcj
– The Jazz of Physics: https://amzn.to/3qR7KIx
– Brian Keating’s podcast w/ Stephon Alexander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehEbrD42U_g
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:46 BTS banter and framing the conversation
00:06:05 The Autodidactic Universe
00:18:54 BMN vs BFSS (type IIA String Theory)
00:26:45 Lee Smolin’s evolutionary model of the universe as black hole spawn
00:29:06 Curt posits a link between the matrix models and particles, rather than laws
00:30:36 Explaining D-branes and their dimensionality
00:36:02 When watching TOE, it’s okay to be confused
00:36:55 Chern-Simons Gravity
00:49:03 Anomaly Cancellations
00:51:43 Klein Gordon equation and renormalization
00:55:55 What is a Theory of Everything? What are the conditions?
00:59:35 Doubting your own mathematical abilities
01:02:57 Advice for those in their 20s / 30s / 40s learning String Theory without a math background
01:07:19 Brian Keating is no friend to Stephon (kidding)
01:08:03 How does learning math / physics change with age?
01:12:09 Anomalies and purposeful mistakes leading to insights
01:14:57 No Go theorems (and AdS / CFT correspondence)
01:20:21 Why does the Graviton have Spin 2?
01:22:36 There are gems in Geometric Unity
01:26:07 Opinion on Stephen Wolfram’s theory / project on physics
01:28:00 Future plans for TOE: Geometric Algebra and Categorical Unification
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Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of “when does the left go too far?” Visit that site if you’d like to watch it.