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Is this the last episode of the eigenbros??! Juan and Terence discuss the future of the channel and how the content will be changing over the next few months.
Juan, Terence, and Jackson reunite with marine biologist Jackson. They discuss several concepts related to biology
Juan and Terence invite guest Harold Sonny White who is responsible for writing the paper on the Alcubierre White warp drive. The Alcubierre metric was made practical by Sonny White after modifying the ship geometry into a torus. This reduced the required energy to bend spacetime by several orders of magnitude bringing this theoretical novelty closer to reality.
Juan & Terence discuss what the STEM job market is like and some of the things to look out for when applying for jobs.
Juan & Terence discuss the arguably most important physics conference ever held. The fifth Solvay conference of 1927 had some of the heaviest hitters in physics at the time. Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Erwin Schrodinger, Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg, Madame Curie, and many more
This week the eigenbros discuss computational physics and what it entails with regards to subject material. They discuss different models including the Monte Carlo Method and Lagrange Interpolation.
Juan & Terence debunk the myth that it takes a genius to do physics.
Juan & Terence discuss Roger Penrose's theory for what happened before the Big Bang, known as Conformal Cyclic Cosmology
Juan & Terence have Sam Dietterich on to discuss Quantum Field Theory, Self Learnng, and more.
Juan & Terence discuss Quantum Gravity and what it means to quantize a theory of gravity. Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity are two of the most robust theories of physics but they are incompatible currently. It is presumed that a complete theory of everything will be a theory of quantum gravity.
Eigenbros Patreon members finally reveal themselves and discuss the current state of science and technology in 2021 with Juan & Terence this Christmas Eve. Enjoy this special final podcast of the year and Happy Holidays eigenfriends.
Juan & Terence rank well know physicists and mathematicians.
Juan & Terence give tips on how to pass your physics finals despite never passing any themselves.
Juan & Terence discuss the pros and cons of physics versus Engineering. This episode is intended to help students decide whether they'd prefer to navigate towards the physics or engineering career path
Juan & Terence discuss the long avoided topic of the principle of least action and the euler lagrange equations. This is probably one of the most important subjects in physics. They discuss what the principle means and some of the finer points regarding it.
Juan & Terence discuss how to be a chad / stacy tier physicist with the help of Gerard 't Hooft's webpage "How to become a good theoretical physicist" https://goodtheorist.science/
Juan & Terence discuss the nature of politics in physics. They discuss the politics in academia an how it can be navigated
Juan & Terence discuss Constructor Theory, proposed by David Deutsch and carried by Chiara Marletto. The theory proposes a new way to do physics besides using initial conditions and calculating trajectories.
This week the Eigenbros welcome return guest Jonathan Gorard (@getjonwithit), Associate Director of Research at the Wolfram Physics Project and researcher at the University of Cambridge. He discusses starting from spacetime being discretized, particles, emergence and much more
Juan & Terence discuss Salvatore Cesar Pais, mysterious scientists who is responsible for a handful of UFO technology patents, and the plasma compression fusion device paper he wrote for IEEE.
Juan & Terence discuss the winners of the 2021 Nobel prize in physics and why they were the winners. Complex systems, Replica symmetry breaking, and spin glasses are discussed during the episode.
Juan & Terence discuss pros and cons of being a racial minority in physics and their thoughts in general.
Juan & Terence discuss the different types of quantum computing qubits
Juan & Terence discuss life as an experimental physicist.
Juan & Terence discuss the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, which is a leading concept in the field of condensed matter physics.
This week, the Eigenbros answer r/AskPhysics most pressing questions (top upvoted questions in the past year) whether they wanted this or not. NOTE: Apologies for the audio/video folks, we had some technical issues with hardware that were corrected in post. But we'll be back next week with things back to normal.
Juan & Terence discuss the powerful and modern physics mathematics known as Geometric Algebra. Geometric Algebra (Clifford Algebra) is one of the lesser known mathematics in physics, yet it is very powerful. The geometric product is related to complex numbers, spin, and other aspects of physics.
Juan & Terence discuss time crystals as conceived of by Frank Wilcek (physicist/mathematician/nobelaureate). The gents give their thoughts about what it is and why its important. Quantum Computing, many-body physics, and spintronics are all related topics that are discussed during the show.
Juan & Terence discuss popular public intellectuals like Neil Degrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, and Michio Kaku. They also discuss the Intellectual Dark Webs which contains Eric Weinstein, Bret Weinstein, Joe Rogan, Sam Harris, and Jordan Peterson. The discussion is about the role of public intellectuals and whether they are good for society or not.
Juan & Terence discuss the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics and their thoughts regarding it.
Juan & Terence discuss Grover's algorithm. Grover's algorithm is one of the few quantum algorithms that hold promise for a significant speedup compared to the classical version of the algorithm. The Eigenbros (try to) decipher the way Grover's algorithm works in a more discussion based format.
Juan & Terence discuss quantum information and what it is. Entropy and quantum teleportation are a couple of the heavy topics discussed.
Juan & Terence react to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic commercial space flight on Spaceship 2.
Juan & Terence explain what quantum field theory is and what several videos on the subject. David Tong, Dietterich Labs, and Zap Physics have videos in the podcast that demonstrate important aspects of the theory. This video goes over how to quantize the real free scalar field (Klein-Gordon).
The eigenbros do a late evening podcast to try and tackle a modern quantum mechanical topic: the "Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser" experiment. They also discuss foundations of quantum mechanics.
Juan & Terence discuss tips on applying to physics graduate schools.
Juan & Terence interview mathematician PhD, with a background in gauge theory, Timothy Nguyen. Tim along with Theo Polya wrote a paper titled "A Response to Geometric Unity," which went through the major flaws in Eric's Weinstein's theory of physics. 1) Problems with the shiab operator, 2) gauge anomalies, 3) Supersymmetry issues in 14 dimensions, and 4) a lack of technical details.
Juan & Terence test their physics trivia knowledge by taking a couple multiple choice online physics quizzes. Take the first physics quiz here: https://www.britannica.com/quiz/all-about-physics-quiz
Juan & Terence discuss religion and whether it's compatible with science.
Juan & Terence talk with guest Jonathan Gorard about the Wolfram computational model of the universe. They take a deeper dive into the more fundamental aspects of the theory.
Juan & Terence talk about their background and what highschool was like for them.
Juan & Terence discuss Elon Musk's $100M Xprize for reducing carbon emissions.
Juan & Terence try to tackle Stephen Wolfram Path towards a Fundamental Theory of physics. Wolfram's theory uses computational models to try and find patterns with the most beautiful and basic laws of fundamental physics.
Juan & Terence discuss the recent UAP sightings at USS Russell, confirmed by the Pentagon. They discuss the fastest UAVs and government black projects.
Juan & Terence attempt to tackle the monster topic of Yang-Mills theory. Gauge Theory, topology, quantum field theory, differential geometry, group theory, and more all have a relationship with Yang-Mills theory.
Juan & Terence analyze Eric Weinstein's theory of everything known as Geometric Unity, as a response to his release of Draft 1 of his paper on April 1st, 2021.
Juan & Terence discuss why you should do physics but also, why you shouldn't.
Terence & Juan discuss the recent news from CERN (03/24/2021) which could potentially violate Lepton Universality. This could imply problems with the current version of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, and more importantly, a chance to discover New Physics.
Juan & Terence discuss three science articles of the week. 1. https://phys.org/news/2021-03-scientists-extra-solar-oumuamua.html, 2. https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-have-a-quantum-sense-and-for-the-first-time-scientists-see-it-in-action, and 3. https://neuroscienceblog.net/2020/10/31/quantum-consciousness/
Uh oh! Another political episode. Juan & Terence discuss conflict resolution with Alec Chapa related to conservatives and liberals.
Juan & Terence chat with special guest Andrew Dotson (nuclear & particle physicist / youtuber). They discuss Andrew's research, biggest pop sci influences, and more.