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The Diary Of A CEO by Steven Bartlett
Brian Keating: I'm Spending $200 Million To Explore Why We Exist! How God Fits Into Science Finally Explained, Is God Real?

The Diary Of A CEO by Steven Bartlett

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 110:41


Could understanding the mystery of the Big Bang and how the Universe came into creation mean that we can finally know for sure if there is a creator? Professor Brian Keating is a cosmologist and experimental physicist at the University of California San Diego. He is the host of the ‘Into The Impossible' podcast and author of the books, ‘Losing The Nobel Prize' and ‘Into The Impossible: Think Like A Nobel Prize Winner'.  In this conversation, Brian and Steven discuss topics such as, how the discovery of the telescope changed the world, the link between our blood and the stars, the origins of the universe, and the scientific debate on God's existence.  (00:00) Intro (02:15) What Mission Are You On? (03:08) What Are Some Of The Most Controversial Questions You Set Out To Answer? (05:44) How Does God Tie Into The Creation Of The Universe Through A Scientific Lens? (08:26) $200 Million Project – Move Earlier (11:45) Meteor And 4-Billion-Year-Old Comet (15:38) Capturing The Origin Of The Universe (19:15) What Do You Suspect Is The Origin Of The Universe? (21:47) What Is The Most Compelling Evidence Of A God? (30:53) What Practices Help You Move Away From Being An Atheist? (39:09) Are We Searching For The Wrong Thing When It Comes To God? (41:30) If I Pray To This God, Will They Hear Me? (49:41) If It Was Proven God Wasn't Real, How Would Your Life Change? (53:48) What Is The Simulation Theory? (01:02:42) Do Aliens Exist? (01:17:45) What Is The Probability We're Alone? (01:24:31) Ads (01:25:31) Star Signs And Horoscopes (01:27:51) How Is Astrology Different From Religion? (01:30:07) What Is The Meaning Of Life? (01:32:43) What Was The Meaning Of Your Life Before Kids? (01:34:18) Do The Greats Feel Like Imposters? (01:40:13) The Importance Of Always Experimenting (01:41:09) Would You Ever Trade The Lack Of Privacy And Fame For Something Else? (01:43:25) The Last Guest's Question Follow Brian:  Instagram - https://bit.ly/4157xnt  Twitter - https://bit.ly/4eSKmjv  YouTube - https://bit.ly/4fQ9k4d  Podcast - https://bit.ly/3ZqRD5s  YouTube: You can purchase Brian's book, ‘Losing The Nobel Prize', here: https://amzn.to/4fOPR3M  Spotify: You can purchase Brian's book, ‘Losing The Nobel Prize', here: https://amzn.to/4fOPR3M  Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACEpisodes  My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACBook  You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb  Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Linkedin Jobs - https://www.linkedin.com/doac Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Into the Impossible
The Foundational Questions Podcast with Brian Keating discussing his book Losing The Nobel Prize and the competitive world of science

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 41:26


In this special edition of the Foundational Questions Podcast, physicist Brian Keating discusses his book Losing The Nobel Prize, which recounts the ill-fated BICEP2 announcement--and retraction--of the claimed discovery of primordial gravitational waves in 2014. Listen for the special treat at the end. A poetic ode to cosmic dust. https://fqxi.org/

Into the Impossible
Merchants of Truth and Light: Losing the Nobel Prize - Brian Keating The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 73:37


Astrophysicist and cosmologist Brian Keating, Ph.D., talks about the high-pressure world of science. For a decade, Dave Asprey, “the father of biohacking,” elevated what you knew about the capabilities of your mind and body across a thousand episodes of Bulletproof Radio. Now, he's evolving it even further in his plan to upgrade humanity. You're invited to expand your knowledge, explore your own performance and embrace possibility with The Human Upgrade™. You'll meet bright thinkers and radical doers who push the boundaries of science, technology, personal development, and human performance in every way imaginable. You'll learn from experts around the world who elevate what it means to be human. Every guest you listen to, every topic you learn about, every new idea you discover on this podcast moves you forward. Join The Human Upgrade™ with Dave Asprey on this next evolution to upgrade your mind, body and life. Visit netsuite.com/impossible to take advantage of their special offer! Post your free listing at LinkedIn Jobs linkedin.com/impossible Subscribe to the Jordan Harbinger Show for amazing content from Apple's best podcast of 2018! https://www.jordanharbinger.com/podcasts  Please leave a rating and review: On Apple devices, click here, https://apple.co/39UaHlB On Spotify it's here: https://spoti.fi/3vpfXok On Audible it's here https://tinyurl.com/wtpvej9v  Find other ways to rate here: https://briankeating.com/podcast Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating  or become a Member on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Into the Impossible
Brian Keating on The Micah Hanks Program: Life Beyond Earth and Losing The Nobel Prize

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 43:17


Brian Keating is interviewed by Micah Hanks. Micah is a writer, pocaster, researcher, adventurer, and cofounder of The Debrief, He delves deep into science, technology, history and UAP and UFO research.  In this interview Micah focuses on Professor Keating's book, Losing the Nobel Prize, Brian's personal Nobel stories, and his outspoken criticisms of the coveted Nobel. Brian gives his ideas on how the award process could be improved.  In addition, You're going to get a faced paced introduction to the field of SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, its history and evolution. What are the chances of find life beyond earth? What are the chances of discovering technosignatures revealing alien civilizations?  If you appreciate a civilized dialogue about controversial science, including research on SETI and UAPs, Please Keep Into The Impossible in your feeds by subscribing and following. Please help us evolve by Paying it forward with a share to curious friends. Jump over to our Youtube Channel at DRBRIANKEATING and subscribe there too. There you will find an extensive selection of episodes featuring SETI, exoplanets and astrobiology. SETI is a particularly relevant subject in light of this week's revelation by Avi Loeb on the channel of his retrieval of what could be the first interstellar material ever recovered and publicly released.  https://www.micahhanks.com/ Avi Loeb LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/live/BFuW-zfH5RU?feature=share Aliens, UFOs and Extraterrestrial Intelligence Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJGKdZD30K_8pkx_wLg5vQmkAvGTUNaNm Subscribe to the Jordan Harbinger Show for amazing content from Apple's best podcast of 2018! https://www.jordanharbinger.com/podcasts  Please leave a rating and review: On Apple devices, click here, https://apple.co/39UaHlB On Spotify it's here: https://spoti.fi/3vpfXok On Audible it's here https://tinyurl.com/wtpvej9v  Find other ways to rate here: https://briankeating.com/podcast Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating  or become a Member on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TRIGGERnometry
We Asked an Astrophysicist About Aliens, Mars and the Origin of Everything

TRIGGERnometry

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023 97:40


Dr Brian Keating is an American cosmologist who holds the position of Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is the author of two books, Losing The Nobel Prize and Into the Impossible. He is also a podcaster and YouTuber - check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating SPONSORED BY: EasyDNS - domain name registrar provider and web host. Use special code: TRIGGERED for 50% off when you visit https://easydns.com/triggered/ Subscribe to Brian Keating's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Find The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast here: https://briankeating.com/podcast Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube:  @xentricapc   Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 01:22 Brian Keating's Background 04:09 Do We Have a Future in Space? 10:47 Are We Too Pessimistic? 12:38 Is There Anything for us on Mars? 18:11 Storing Consciousness & the Survival of Humanity 28:47 The Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life 32:33 Why is Travelling to Another Planet Important? 39:41 Sponsor Message: Locals  40:43 Science Replacing Religion 48:02 Humility in the Field of Science  54:37 Criticism of the Nobel Prize 1:00:13 Will We Ever be Able to Effectively Travel Space? 1:05:36 Are We Alone In The Universe? 1:13:06 Sponsor Message: easyDNS 1:14:16 Where Did Life Come From? 1:23:22 Incorrect Scientific Views 1:35:38 What is The One Thing We're Not Talking About?

Into the Impossible
Brian Keating on the Modern Wisdom Podcast with Chris Williamson

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 72:14


In this interview with Chris Williamson on the Modern Wisdom Podcast, Brian Keating talks about what it takes to build a telescope that can detect the farthest regions of space in the Antarctic, what the Nobel Prize originally set out to achieve and how the politics of the physics community can often get in the way of progress. He discusses his book Losing The Nobel Prize and his motivations for writing it. Subscribe to the Jordan Harbinger Show for amazing content from Apple's best podcast of 2018! https://www.jordanharbinger.com/podcasts  Please leave a rating and review: On Apple devices, click here, https://apple.co/39UaHlB On Spotify it's here: https://spoti.fi/3vpfXok On Audible it's here https://tinyurl.com/wtpvej9v  Find other ways to rate here: https://briankeating.com/podcast Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating  or become a Member on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join To advertise with us, contact advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
Cosmology and Ambition: Losing the Nobel Prize (with Dr. Brian Keating)

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 76:18


What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In 2014, astronomers using the powerful BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole thought they'd glimpsed evidence of the period of cosmic inflation at the beginning of time. Millions around the world tuned in to the announcement, and Nobel whispers spread like wildfire. But had these scientists been deceived by a galactic mirage? In this popular-level talk, cosmologist Brian Keating tells the inside story of BICEP2's detection and the ensuing scientific drama. He provocatively argues that the Nobel Prize actually hampers scientific progress by encouraging speed and competition while punishing inclusivity, collaboration, and bold innovation.    Dr. Keating is s a cosmologist at the University of California San Diego and Principal Investigator of the Simons Observatory collaboration in Chile.  He is the author of a popular book, Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor.This talk was recorded on Nov. 14, 2018.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#257 – Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize

Lex Fridman Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 246:09


Brian Keating is an experimental physicist at the UCSD, author of Losing the Nobel Prize, and host of the Into the Impossible podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off – Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Brian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Brian's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBrianKeating Books and resources mentioned: Losing the

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Interview - Brian Keating - Losing The Nobel Prize

PKDHeads Podcast Bonus

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 19:27


This is a really cool interview. -LJT Professor Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with UC San Diego's Department of Physics. He and his team develop telescopes to study the Big Bang. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and holds two U.S.Patents. He received the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at the White House from President Bush for a telescope he invented and deployed at the U.S. South Pole Research Station called “BICEP". Professor Keating became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2016 and is the author of Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor, selected as one of Amazon.com's Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Month and one of Nature Magazine's Six Best Books of the Season. Brian Keating ►► https://briankeating.com/ Brian's Book ►► http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA TEDX ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T22s4jCZ4Ho Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed Electric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.gg/RAyg2u FIND US: Twitter ►►https://twitter.com/Dickheadspod Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/Dickheadspodcast/ Soundcloud ►►https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast Instagram ►►https://www.instagram.com/dickheadspodcast/ YouTube ►►https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5…UlAAoWtLiCg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pkdheadsbonus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pkdheadsbonus/support

The Cārvāka Podcast
Losing The Nobel Prize

The Cārvāka Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 57:46


In this podcast, Dr. Brian Keating talks about his book Losing The Nobel Prize. He explains how he first conceived of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiments. He tells us how The Nobel Prize actually hampers scientific progress by encouraging speed and competition while punishing inclusivity, collaboration, and bold innovation. He also explains how the Nobel Prize must be radically reformed. Follow them: Twitter: @DrBrianKeating Website: https://briankeating.com Book Link: https://www.amazon.in/Losing-Nobel-Prize-Cosmology-Science%60s/dp/1324000910 Podcast Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBrianKeating/videos #NobelPrize #BICEP ------------------------------------------------------------ Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kushal-mehra-99891819 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rVcDV3upgVurMVW1wwoBp Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c%C4%81rv%C4%81ka-podcast/id1445348369 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-carvaka-podcast ------------------------------------------------------------ Support The Cārvāka Podcast: Become a Member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPxuul6zSLAfKSsm123Vww/join Become a Member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/carvaka UPI: kushalmehra@icici To buy The Carvaka Podcast Exclusive Merch please visit: http://kushalmehra.com/shop ------------------------------------------------------------ Follow Kushal: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kushal_mehra?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KushalMehraOfficial/? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarvakapodcast/?hl=en Koo: https://www.kooapp.com/profile/kushal_mehra Inquiries: https://kushalmehra.com/ Feedback: kushalmehra81@gmail.com

Into the Impossible
Danny Miranda and Dr. Brian Keating – How Religion Helps An Astrophysicist Make Sense Of The Universe.

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 91:27


Dr. Brian Keating is an American physicist who is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. In this conversation, we spoke about Losing The Nobel Prize, his latest book, Galileo, how one of his mentors let him down, and Judaism. In this conversation, we spoke about Losing The Nobel Prize, his latest book, Galileo, how one of his mentors let him down, and Judaism. Dr. Keating's Twitter – https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Dr. Keating's YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw Dr. Keating's Website – https://briankeating.com/ Find Danny Miranda: Podcast – https://dannymiranda.com/podcast/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda Instagram – https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/dannymiranda Newsletter – https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/ Support our Sponsors! LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible biOptimizers for better sleep https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Into the Impossible
Paul Halpern: Flashes of Creation

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 57:35


Paul Halpern is Professor of Physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. A prolific author, he has written sixteen science books and numerous articles. His interests range from space, time and higher dimensions to cultural aspects of science. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship, and an Athenaeum Literary Award, he has appeared on C-SPAN, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the PBS series "Future Quest," and "The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special." Halpern's books include Time Journeys, Cosmic Wormholes, The Cyclical Serpent, Faraway Worlds, The Great Beyond, Brave New Universe, What's Science Ever Done for Us?, Collider, What's the Matter with Pluto?, Edge of the Universe, Einstein's Dice and Schrödinger's Cat, The Quantum Labyrinth, Synchronicity and Flashes of Creation. In his most recent book, Flashes of Creation, Professor Halpern breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe. In Flashes of Creation, Paul Halpern Shows that just decades ago its mere mention caused sparks to fly. At the center of the debate were Russian American physicist George Gamow and British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. Gamow insisted that a fiery explosion explained how the elements of the universe were created. Attacking the idea as half-baked, Hoyle countered that the universe was engaged in a never-ending process of creation. The battle was fierce. In the end, Gamow turned out to be right — mostly — and Hoyle, along with his many achievements, is remembered for giving the theory the silliest possible name: "The Big Bang." Halpern captures the brilliance of both thinkers and reminds us that even those proved wrong have much to teach us about boldness, imagination, and the universe itself. Support our Sponsors! LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible biOptimizers for better sleep https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
Tom Delonge & Jim Semivan: An Honest Talk About Government Secrets!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 88:07


Tom DeLonge started To The Stars Academy, a multi-pronged approach to address issues related to UFO/UAPs. TTSA has several divisions including: Science & Technology Division wherein TTSA collects documents and physical materials from public and private sources related to the UAP phenomena to study it and then transitions the transformative technologies behind it to wider applications of public benefit. The company's consulting and research arm features top former officials from the Pentagon, CIA, Department of Defense, and Lockheed Martin Skunkworks. S.C.O.U.T. & V.A.U.L.T. : division aims to be the world's most comprehensive intelligence tool for collecting, analyzing, and reporting unidentified aerial phenomena. Anyone will be able to instantly tap into the database via the S.C.O.U.T. mobile app to contribute and access real-time information on the phenomena globally.  The VAULT: will use proprietary AI to find patterns in data from S.C.O.U.T. and cross-reference information from other global databases to find answers in places we couldn't see before. Entertainment Division: Spanning film, television, books, music, art, and merchandise, To The Stars Entertainment Division creates and licenses original intellectual property by award-winning creators.  Fans of TTSA's vast entertainment brands find themselves immersed in exciting stories that inspire a new understanding and appreciation for the profound mysteries of our universe. Jim Semivan retired in 2007 after a 25-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service. At the time of his retirement he was a member of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service. Jim served multiple overseas and domestic tours along with senior management positions in CIA headquarters. He is the recipient of the Agency's Career Intelligence Medal. Curt hosts  @Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal  . Please subscribe to his channel! Please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book Losing the Nobel Prize: http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
Eric Topol: AI Doctors, Medicine's Future, and The Delta Variant

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 58:05


#AI #FutureofMedicine #EricTopol Dr. Eric Topol M.D. is a Physician-Scientist, Author, Editor and is The Gary & Mary West Endowed Chair of Innovative Medicine, and the Executive VP, Scripps Research. We discussed the meaning of life, ways for Artificial Intelligence to improve patient outcomes…and concomitantly, benefit physicians too. We explored the ethical imperatives incumbent on doctors— is it ok to exaggerate medical benefits/risks to incentivize greater patient participation. We closed with his concerns about Elon Musk's long-term space travel from a medical perspective, including his thoughts on the Kelly twin astronaut study. Support our Sponsors LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible biOptimizers for better sleep https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible 00:00 Introduction 00:05:14 Why is teaching resistant to change? 00:11:44 How do you handle authority bias? 00:15:26 What do you think of the possibility of artificial "life"? 00:19:44 What is deep empathy? 00:22:40 Why is there a global physician burnout crisis? @Ali Abdaal ‘s Survey of Disenchanted Doctors 00:25:28 The problem with the unsustainable healthcare workforce. 00:31:44 About virus genomic sequencing and the Delta variant. 00:41:10 What new, non-invasive sensors for acquiring patient data may become available? 00:49 54 Final thoughts on COVID Get Eric's answers to my Thrilling Three Existebttial questions Please join my mailing list; just click here

The Danny Miranda Podcast
#142: Dr. Brian Keating – How Religion Helps An Astrophysicist Make Sense Of The Universe

The Danny Miranda Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 90:16


Dr. Brian Keating is an American physicist who is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. In this conversation, we spoke about Losing The Nobel Prize, his latest book, Galileo, how one of his mentors let him down, and Judaism. Dr. Keating's Twitter – https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Dr. Keating's YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw Dr. Keating's Website – https://briankeating.com/ Continue the conversation... Twitter – https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda Instagram – https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/dannymiranda Newsletter – https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/

Into the Impossible
Part 2 of 2 Lawrence Krauss: The Physics of Everything

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 102:47


Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast, His wide research interests have focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter. Among his numerous important scientific contributions was the proposal, in 1995, that most of the energy of the Universe resided in empty space. Krauss previously served as Director of Arizona State University's Origins Project, and Foundation Professor for a decade from 2008-2018, and also as Chair of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from 2006-2018. Prof. Krauss has held endowed professorships and distinguished research appointments at institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Chicago, Boston University, University of Zurich, University of California at Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Case Western Reserve University, Australian National University, Arizona State University, and New College of Humanities. In 2008 he created and served for a decade as Inaugural Director of the Origins Project, a national center for research and outreach on origins issues. He has written over 500 publications and 10 popular books, including the international best-sellers, The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing. Among his numerous awards are included the three major awards from all 3 US physics societies and the 2012 Public Service Award from the National Science Board for his contributions to the public understanding of science. Support our Sponsor LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossiblebiOptimizers for better sleep https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
Lawrence Krauss: The Physics of Everything

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 61:45


Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast, His wide research interests have focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter. Among his numerous important scientific contributions was the proposal, in 1995, that most of the energy of the Universe resided in empty space. Krauss previously served as Director of Arizona State University's Origins Project, and Foundation Professor for a decade from 2008-2018, and also as Chair of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from 2006-2018. Prof. Krauss has held endowed professorships and distinguished research appointments at institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Chicago, Boston University, University of Zurich, University of California at Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), Case Western Reserve University, Australian National University, Arizona State University, and New College of Humanities. In 2008 he created and served for a decade as Inaugural Director of the Origins Project, a national center for research and outreach on origins issues. He has written over 500 publications and 10 popular books, including the international best-sellers, The Physics of Star Trek and A Universe from Nothing. Among his numerous awards are included the three major awards from all 3 US physics societies and the 2012 Public Service Award from the National Science Board for his contributions to the public understanding of science. Support our Sponsor LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossiblebiOptimizers for better sleephttps://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
Jo Dunkley: This Is Our Universe

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 54:45


Jo Dunkley is a Professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. ​Her research is in cosmology, studying the origins and evolution of the Universe. Her major projects are the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the Simons Observatory. She's also a member of the Rubin Observatory's Dark Energy Science Collaboration. ​Professor Dunkley has been awarded the Maxwell Medal, the Rosalind Franklin award, and the New Horizons prize for her work on the Cosmic Microwave Background, and she shared the Gruber Prize and the Breakthrough Prize with the WMAP team. In her thrilling new guide to our Universe and how it works OUR UNIVERSE, Professor Dunkley reveals how it only becomes more beautiful and exciting the more we discover about it. With warmth and clarity, Dunkley takes us from the very basics - why the Earth orbits the Sun, and how our Moon works - right up to massive, strange phenomena like superclusters, quasars, and the geometry of spacetime. As she does so, Dunkley unfurls the history of humankind's heroic journey to understand the history and structure of the cosmos, revealing the extraordinary, little-known stories of astronomy pioneers including Williamina Fleming, Vera Rubin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Support our Sponsors LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible biOptimizers for better sleep: https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:50 How did you come up with the title and idea for the book? 00:03:23 About your collaboration on the book's illustrations. 00:07:06 Why do you use OUR in the title of book? Who is the book for? 00:08:45 What did you learn from writing this book? 00:11:02 What's the status of women in physics & astronomy? 00:16:10 What's your view on big bang cosmology and the origins of the Universe? 00:19:17 What's your view on big bang cosmology and the origins of the Universe? 00:24:09 Do we need new/better ideas in cosmology? 00:26:37 What is "adiabatic" as you discuss in your dissertation? 00:32:37 Where do quantum fluctuations come from and what do they evolve into? 00:37:29 Why is the Universe flat? 00:39:43 Is the existence of a primordial gravitational wave evidence for quantized gravity? 00:51:40 What seemed impossible to your younger self? Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_39/join Support the podcast: https://www.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Part 2 of a special 2 part episode - Brian Keating in Conversation with James Altucher: How to become an expert. Do aliens exist? The state of AI, theories of everything.

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 59:12


Brian Keating and James Altucher experiment, going live on Twitter! The experience was great and possibly better than the clubhouse!  The conversation started on how to become an expert, to the question of the existence of aliens, to the state of AI, to finally, theories of everything!  James Altucher is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He's achieved the rank of chess master, and is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book “Choose Yourself.” James has started 20 companies, 17 of which have failed. But he's learned a lot along the way. Support our Sponsors LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible biOptimizers for better sleep: https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
Part 1 of a special 2 part episode - Brian Keating in Conversation with James Altucher: How to become an expert. Do aliens exist? The state of AI, theories of everything.

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2021 54:18


Brian Keating and James Altucher experiment, going live on Twitter! The experience was great and possibly better than the clubhouse!  The conversation started on how to become an expert, to the question of the existence of aliens, to the state of AI, to finally, theories of everything!  James Altucher is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He's achieved the rank of chess master, and is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book “Choose Yourself.” James has started 20 companies, 17 of which have failed. But he's learned a lot along the way. Support our Sponsors LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible biOptimizers for better sleep: https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Steven Kotler: Master Your Flow with The Art of the Impossible

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 38:32


Best-selling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers - athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs, and more - who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements? We are capable of so much more than we know - that's the message at the core of The Art of Impossible. Building upon cutting-edge neuroscience and more than 20 years of research, best-selling author, peak performance expert and executive director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler lays out a blueprint for extreme performance improvement. If you want to aim high, here is the playbook to make it happen! Inspirational and aspirational, pragmatic and accessible, The Art of Impossible is a life-changing experience disguised as a how-to manual for peak performance that anyone can use to shoot for the stars...spacesuit not included. Get the book! https://youtu.be/s0G6EjroLWQ Support our Sponsors! LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossiblebiOptimizers for better sleep https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:42 Why is humanity resistant to achieving the impossible? 00:04:17 How do elite athletes do the impossible, the first time? 00:08:16 Tell us about the subtitle of your latest book: A Peak Performance Primer 00:14:03 How can I assess how well I am doing on a task against a standard? What is the role of feedback in peak performance? 00:20:02 What do you mean by "Not going big is bad for you."? The role of motivation. 00:21:04 What are the 5 intrinsic motivators? 00:26:41 How do you achieve flow and "big" in a finite world? Flow practices. 00:32:33 What advice would you give your younger self? Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Alan Lightman: Astronomy's Tolstoy -- Improbable Possibilities, Einstein's Dream, & More

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 56:37


Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, and people are fated to repeat their triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar. Support our Sponsors LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible Probable Impossibilities is a brilliant collection of meditative essays on the possibilities - and impossibilities - of nothingness and infinity, and how our place in the cosmos falls somewhere in between. Can space be divided into smaller and smaller units, ad infinitum? Does space extend to larger and larger regions, on and on to infinity? Is consciousness reducible to the material brain and its neurons? What was the origin of life, and can biologists create life from scratch in the lab? Probable Impossibilities is a deeply engaged consideration of what we know of the universe, of life and the mind, and of things vastly larger and smaller than ourselves. 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:03 What's the status of your movie adaptation? 00:03:15 What about planck time is so interesting to you? 00:09:28 How do you reconcile the fact that great minds often go with bad people? 00:11:46 The Role of Ego in your current book Probable Impossibilities, and the story of Andrei Linde. 00:15:11 What do you think about the proliferation of "god" in cosmology and physics literature? 00:16:24 What are you views regarding aetheism and agnosticism? 00:25:12 Does science rely too much on Carl Popper's assertions about falsifiability? 00:32:26 Do you agree with Stephen J. Gould? Are religion and science separate but equal, and the obligation of communicating science to the public. 00:33:24 Should we be encouraging young people to be science communicators? 00:36:25 How did you come to write Einstein's Dream? 00:42:56 Which scenario of time do you personally favor? 00:47:53 Final Thrilling Three. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Caleb Scharf: The Ascent of Information

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 57:19


Caleb Scharf was born and educated in England. He received his B.Sc. in physics from Durham University, and his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Cambridge. Following postdoctoral work in X-ray astronomy and observational cosmology at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Maryland, he has been a research scientist at Columbia University in New York. He is currently the director of the multidisciplinary Columbia Astrobiology Center. His research interests include the study of exoplanets, exomoons, and the nature of environments suitable for life. Thanks to our sponsors! https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible http://betterhelp.com/impossible About Caleb's new book, THE ASCENT OF INFORMATION Your information has a life of its own, and it's using you to get what it wants. One of the most peculiar and possibly unique features of humans is the vast amount of information we carry outside our biological selves. But in our rush to build the infrastructure for the 20 quintillion bits we create every day, we've failed to ask exactly why we're expending ever-increasing amounts of energy, resources, and human effort to maintain all this data. Drawing on deep ideas and frontier thinking in evolutionary biology, computer science, information theory, and astrobiology, Caleb Scharf argues that information is, in a very real sense, alive. All the data we create—all of our emails, tweets, selfies, A.I.-generated text and funny cat videos—amounts to an aggregate lifeform. It has goals and needs. It's an organism that has evolved right alongside us. This symbiotic relationship with information offers a startling new lens for looking at the world. Data isn't just something we produce; it's the reason we exist. This powerful idea has the potential to upend the way we think about our technology, our role as humans, and the fundamental nature of life. 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:37 How did you come up with the title and cover? 00:07:09 About Boltzman Brains 00:12:32 Is it possible to erase information? Does it live on forever? 00:16:32 What is the Dataome? 00:20:32 Is there an upper limit on the amount of information? 00:28:45 Will AI have imagination? 00:33:46 What are the initial conditions require to create information? 00:39:55 Where are the alien dataomes? 00:50:31 What would you put on your billion year monolith? Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Top Alien Hunter: “No, aliens aren't here!”

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021 47:31


Seth Shostak directs the search for extraterrestrials at the SETI Institute in California—trying to find evidence of intelligent life in space. He is also committed to getting the public, especially young people, excited about astrobiology and science in general. Seth is the host of “Big Picture Science,” the SETI Institute's weekly radio show. The one-hour program uses interviews with leading researchers and lively and intelligent storytelling to tackle such big questions as: What came before the big bang? How does memory work? Will our descendants be human or machine? What's the origin of humor? Big Picture Science can be found in iTunes and other podcast sites. http://sethshostak.com/ Thanks to our sponsors! https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible http://betterhelp.com/impossible The SETI Institute was incorporated as a 501(c)3 California Non-Profit Corporation on November 20, 1984. The inaugural officers of the Institute were CEO Thomas Pierson and SETI scientist Jill Tarter. The Institute began operations on February 1, 1985. Prior to the inception of the SETI Institute, NASA was funding a small project in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. John Billingham, Chief of Life Sciences at NASA Ames Research Center and Bernard (Barney) Oliver, formerly of Hewlett-Packard invited Tom Pierson and others into discussions about maximizing the effectiveness of the funds, and ways of putting more money into the research and less into institutional overhead. These discussions led to the concept of a dedicated non-profit research organization focused on research and education around the factors of the Drake Equation. This vision was realized in the 1984 incorporation of the SETI Institute. https://www.seti.org/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Steven Strogatz: The Infinite Power of Calculus

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 69:18


Steven Strogatz is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. Early in his career, he worked on a variety of problems in mathematical biology, including the geometry of supercoiled DNA, the dynamics of the human sleep-wake cycle, the topology of three-dimensional chemical waves, and the collective behavior of biological oscillators, such as swarms of synchronously flashing fireflies. In the 1990s, his work focused on nonlinear dynamics and chaos applied to physics, engineering, and biology. Several of these projects dealt with coupled oscillators, such as lasers, superconducting Josephson junctions, and crickets that chirp in unison. In the past few years, this has led him into such topics as the role of crowd synchronization in the wobbling of London's Millennium Bridge on its opening day, and the dynamics of structural balance in social systems. His best-known research contribution is his 1998 Nature paper on "small-world" networks, co-authored with his former student Duncan Watts. It's the sixth most highly cited paper—on any topic—in physics. Strogatz's writing includes five books. His book Sync was chosen as a Best Book of 2003 by Discover Magazine. His 2009 book The Calculus of Friendship was called "a genuine tearjerker" and "part biography, part autobiography and part off-the-beaten-path guide to calculus". His 2012 book, The Joy of x, won the 2014 Euler Book Prize. His latest book is Infinite Powers, which, recounts the history of calculus and explains how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better. http://www.stevenstrogatz.com/ 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:20 Who was Herman Wouk and why do you start you book with him? 00:08:38 Should we train mathematicians to be good communicators? 00:16:19 On the significance of time, and the entropy of happiness. Is time the emotional dimension? 00:17:51 Small world theory, and one of the most cited papers of all time. 00:21:30 The thermodynamics of happiness and family size. 00:30:10 Can anyone understand infinity? 00:46:33 Are we becoming too connected? 00:53:44 What do you think about the idea that God in science? 00:57:03 The history of science! Carefully. 01:08:22 Intuition first, rigor later. 01:13:21 Is string theory to beautiful to be wrong? 01:17:12 Final Thrilling Three: Ethical Will, Billion Year Monument, Advice to your younger self. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Eric Weinstein & Michael Shermer: An honest dialogue about UFOs.

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 112:05


What is the nature of the abundant accounts of unexplained aerial phenomena? Are they harbingers of advanced extraterrestrial engineering, math, and physics, beyond our standard model? Or is there a more prosaic, though no less significant explanation, ranging from military operations, unreliable witnesses, or confirmation bias? Is our government sharing all it knows? Or is there really anything 'there' there? Beyond wanting to believe, do we have any evidence for our beliefs? 00:00:00 Intro 1:00:00 - Technology 1:02:50 - Antigravity Programs dating back to the 1950s & Feynman? 1:18:36 - Centralized Narratives! 1:28:15 - Science funding and obligations Join me and  @Eric Weinstein  and  @Skeptic  Michael Shermer to discuss this fascinating topic. Recent interest in alien craft sightings, documented in my interview with @Mick West is at an all time high: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJtTgIKDUZw. and also see my chat with  @SETI Institute  scientist Seth Shostak https://youtu.be/IZ9wxV_MWVI Watch my interview with  @AlienScientist  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVX2sKo3LKE&t=1s Please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book Losing the Nobel Prize: http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Delilah Gates: Black Hole Basics!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 25:23


Harvard's Dr. Delilah Gates joins to discuss the fascinating & foreboding subject of black holes! Black holes are mysterious objects that have perplexed humanity for centuries, yet Delilah reveals new perspectives on their most inscrutable properties via in-depth studies of their spins, entropy, event horizons & more. Dr. Delilah Gates is Harvard's second African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics. Before joining Harvard, she earned two Bachelors of Science degrees: one in physics and one in math, from the University of Maryland, College Park. She studies high-spin black holes and gravity working to analytically characterize observational signatures of near extremal Kerr black holes using the emergent near-horizon conformal symmetry. Her interests include (near) extremal black hole geometries, black hole binaries, AdS/CFT correspondence, and black hole entropy. Find her on the web at https://bhi.fas.harvard.edu/people/delilah-gates Thanks to our sponsor! http://betterhelp.com/impossible Stay tuned for a 45 minute technical talk from Delilah soon. 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The Most Fascinating Thing 01:42 Could black holes be dark matter? 02:00 Crash Course: Black Hole History 05:00 The Information Loss Paradox 06:27 The Holographic Principle 09:00 Can you create a Black Hole in the Lab? 11:00 What's a Black Hole made of? 12:50 Are black holes primordial? 13:00 Are some black holes primordial, created in the Big Bang? 14:15 The Black Hole Diet? 14:30 Spaghettification! 15:30 Growing up and becoming a PhD student 20:00 The Nobel Prize, Barry Barish, Albert Einstein, and the Imposter Syndrome! 23:00 Happy Father's Day to Prof. S. James Gates Watch my interview with Jim Gates (Delilah's dad) Jim Gates: Proving Einstein RIGHT! The daring expedition that changed how we look at the Universe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzY4nwulC6E Please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book Losing the Nobel Prize: http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Denise Shull: The Psychology of Billions

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 61:12


Denise Shull is the author of MARKET Mind Games, which has been repeatedly called "ahead of its time", "a game-changer" and "the best book on trading psychology" in unsolicited Amazon reviews.Shull is a performance coach who uses neuroeconomics and modern psychoanalysis in her work with hedge funds and professional athletes. She is also the founder of The ReThink Group. Shull focuses on the positive contribution of feelings and emotion in high-pressure decisions.  She has been called the most important inspiration behind the character Wendy Rhodes on the Showtime series Billions. Thanks to our sponsors! https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible http://betterhelp.com/impossible Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Steven Pinker: Things are Getting BETTER!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 60:36


Was 2020 really the "worst year ever," as some would have us believe? Or are things getting better? Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker has shown that poverty, pollution and other challenges are on the wane and we're doing better now in every one of a host of important metrics compared with 30 years ago. Yet progress isn't inevitable, and it doesn't mean everything gets better for all humans all the time, Pinker says. Instead, progress is problem-solving, and we should look at things like climate change, pandemics, and the threat of war as problems to be solved, not inevitable apocalypses in waiting. "We will never have a perfect world, and it would be dangerous to seek one," he says. "But there's no limit to the betterments we can attain if we continue to apply knowledge to enhance human flourishing." Thanks to our sponsors! https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible http://betterhelp.com/impossible Topics Discussed: How his thinking on liberalism has changed in light of recent events Presumably it's still the antidote, but what nuances should we keep in mind For example, free speech is sacrosanct, but with today's technology, "lies get halfway around the world before the truth can tie its laces." The gatekeepers to the public square are increasingly concentrated. Technology/social media exacerbate this issue What should we do? Advice to young adults How to navigate these dynamics Career considerations His thoughts on capitalism, e.g., Coca Cola, MLB, Delta protesting Georgia; Dr. Seuss; What about our current situation reconfirms his views? What has caused a rethink? What does he believe that nobody else does? What is he most hopeful about? Most concerned about? Get Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress https://amzn.to/3eV6Vs2 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 68:14


Andy Weir built a two-decade career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian, allowed him to live out his dream of writing full-time. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of such subjects as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. Thanks to our sponsors!https://magbreakthrough.com/impossible http://betterhelp.com/impossible About Project Hail Mary A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that’s been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it’s up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian–while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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Eric Weinstein & Lee Smolin: Judging Theories of Everything, ID, & UFOs

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 79:29


Eric Weinstein & Lee Smolin: A conversation on Theories of Everything: String Theory, Geometric Unity, Loop Quantum Gravity, Lisi’s E8 etc. 00:00 Introduction 05:00 Michio Kaku & the God Equation: problematic? https://youtu.be/3to9ymn-XKI 10:00 Is String Theory sucking the oxygen out of physics? 15:00 There are challenges to challengers like loop quantum gravity 30:00 A rubric for judging theories of Everything? 1:00:00 Intelligent Design?! 1:05:00 UFO’s and Pentagon data dump 1:10:00 How to treat an

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Hawking Hawking! The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity with NYU Prof. Charles Selfe

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 67:59


Immediately recognizable in his wheelchair and surrounded by an entourage of nurses, Stephen Hawking was a symbol of the power of mind over matter. The public adored him, and the media compared hirn to Newton and Einstein. Appearing at concerts, on The Simpsons, and even on the edge of space, he was widely considered the world's best physicist, and even its smartest person. Thanks to our sponsor BioOptimizes! Sleep better with www.magbreakthrough.com/impossible and use code impossible at checkout to save 10% In fact, he was neither. In HAWKING HAWKING: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity (Basic Books; April 6, 2021), science journalist and author Charles Selfe upends everything we thought we knew about Hawking, showing how his greatest genius was arguably in his talent for self-promotion. Delving deeper than previous biographies, which tend to be excessively flattering, Seife reveals Hawking as an important scientist whose importance is almost universally misunderstood; a person who suffered deeply and also caused deep suffering; a celebrity his forebears and fundamentally changed the concept of a scientific celebrity." scientist who broke the mold. To understand Hawking, Seife traces his life in reverse, starting with his elaborate funeral at Westminster Abbey, where he was interred few feet away from Newton and Darwin, through the decades when he searched in the limelight for the recognition he craved, and further back to his devastating ALS diagnosis at age 21 and the beginning of his first marriage, which would end in scandal. Hawking made important contributions early in his career, most notably in his work on black holes, but as his celebrity grew he was increasingly apt to declare victory over problems he hadn't solved, persuading audiences of his authority on topics about which he knew little and enlisting students to defend him as he failed to break any new ground in the quest for a "theory of everything." Get the book: Hawking Hawking: https://amzn.to/3u8Na5o 00:00:00 Introduction 07:00 Did Charles get blowback from criticizing an icon? 21:45 Hawking Hartle then m theory - do physicists believe either of them? 28:00 Why everything we think we know about Stephen Hawking is wrong! In his lifetime, Hawking was seen as a genius on par with Newton. In reality, he was by no means the greatest physicist of his day. His early work on black holes was groundbreaking, but, Seife argues, much of his later work failed to measure up its promise, and physicists like Roger Penrose ultimately deserve more credit than Hawking. 38:59 Why did Hawking concede the BH information paradox? 42:35 What would Charles like to ask Hawking as a journalist? 50:00 The tragedy of Hawking's disability, and its relationship to his public image. How Hawking struggled knowing that part of his celebrity was based on his illness. 57:36 The halo effect 58:28 How is life as a professor of journalism at NYU? 1:00:00 The perils of press conferences in science Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

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MIT Professor Sara Seager: Love, Loss, & Life in the Cosmos

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 93:50


An MIT astrophysicist reinvents herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth, in this “bewitching” memoir. “Sara Seager’s exploration of outer and inner space makes for a stunningly original memoir.”—Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone. Sara Seager has always been in love with the stars: so many lights in the sky, so much possibility. Now a pioneering planetary scientist, she searches for exoplanets—especially that distant, elusive world that sustains life. But with the unexpected death of Seager’s husband, the purpose of her own life becomes hard for her to see. Suddenly, at forty, she is a widow and the single mother of two young boys. For the first time, she feels alone in the universe. As she struggles to navigate her life after loss, Seager takes solace in the alien beauty of exoplanets and the technical challenges of exploration. At the same time, she discovers earthbound connections that feel every bit as wondrous, when strangers and loved ones alike reach out to her across the space of her grief. Among them are the Widows of Concord, a group of women offering advice on everything from home maintenance to dating, and her beloved sons, Max and Alex. Thanks to our sponsors: BioOptimizes! Sleep better with www.magbreakthrough.com/impossible and use code impossible at checkout to save 10% And Better Help: http://betterhelp.com/impossible Get THE SMALLEST LIGHTS IN THE UNIVERSE https://amzn.to/3ueRujJ 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:46 The story of the title and cover. 00:07:53 Where did you find solace after your family tragedies? How did your write about them? 00:12:42 What gave you the confidence to write a memoir? 00:27:35 What got you into astronomy? 00:35:22 Why look for life beyond earth? Isn't life on earth enough? 00:45:21 What do you think about the academic "hunger games"? Is being a PhD. oversold? Post Doc bloating. 00:49:00 What is your philosophy of mentorship? 01:00:00 The controversial discovery of phosphine on Venus. 01:11:56 What do you think of Avi Loeb's assertions and extreme reaction to it? 01:23:00 What would you put in your ethical will? 01:25:00 What would you put on your monolith? 01:29:38 What have you done that you once thought was impossible as advice to your younger self? Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
142-Part 2: Michio Kaku: Is String Theory = The GOD Equation?

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 58:51


Dr. Michio Kaku — theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of String Field Theory, Dr. Kaku carries on Einstein’s quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory of everything. Support our Sponsor LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible Kaku has starred in a myriad of science programming for television including Discovery, Science Channel, BBC, ABC, and History Channel. Beyond his numerous bestselling books, he has also been a featured columnist for top popular science publications such as Popular Mechanics, Discover, COSMOS, WIRED, New Scientist, Newsweek, and many others. His new book THE GOD EQUATION is about the quest to unify the rules governing the heavens and the Earth, and the ultimate challenge: achieving a monumental synthesis of the two remaining theories—relativity and the quantum theory. This would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beautiful, magnificent equation to unlock the deepest mysteries in science: What happened before the Big Bang? What lies on the other side of a black hole? Are there other universes and dimensions? Is time travel possible? Why are we here? What’s at stake is nothing less than our conception of the universe. 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:36 Could an advanced AI create a game like chess? 00:08:23 How do you manage your popular fame and balance that with your work as a physicist? 00:09:34 Who pays for science, and why we need to sing for our supper. 00:12:39 Do you think physics has been stagnant for 50 years? Physics envy is real! 00:16:17 Michio's favorite Feynman story. 00:17:45 Michio's lost bet on the Nobel prize Nobel Prize for work on a unified theory. 00:18:34 Would you dispute Feynman's assertion? Is experimental verification essential? 00:22:34 How do you respond to the rivals to string theory? Or how to be the next Einstein. 00:29:16 Why might there not be different laws that govern different universes? 00:34:53 Is string theory falsifiable? The 5 ways. 00:39:24 What do you think about Stephen Hawkings cosmological assertions? 00:42:06 You're a professed agnostic. Please explain what that means to you. 00:44:44 Is there a step before a grand unified theory? The physics desert and Supersymmetry. 00:47:37 What connect string theory to god? 00:50:47 Your parents were interred during WWII. Did they harbor resentments? 00:55:13 Can creativity be taught? Support the podcast::https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
142-Part 1: Michio Kaku: Is String Theory = The GOD Equation?

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 62:21


Dr. Michio Kaku — theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of String Field Theory, Dr. Kaku carries on Einstein’s quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory of everything. Support our Sponsor LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible Kaku has starred in a myriad of science programming for television including Discovery, Science Channel, BBC, ABC, and History Channel. Beyond his numerous bestselling books, he has also been a featured columnist for top popular science publications such as Popular Mechanics, Discover, COSMOS, WIRED, New Scientist, Newsweek, and many others. His new book THE GOD EQUATION is about the quest to unify the rules governing the heavens and the Earth, and the ultimate challenge: achieving a monumental synthesis of the two remaining theories—relativity and the quantum theory. This would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beautiful, magnificent equation to unlock the deepest mysteries in science: What happened before the Big Bang? What lies on the other side of a black hole? Are there other universes and dimensions? Is time travel possible? Why are we here? What’s at stake is nothing less than our conception of the universe. 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:36 Could an advanced AI create a game like chess? 00:08:23 How do you manage your popular fame and balance that with your work as a physicist? 00:09:34 Who pays for science, and why we need to sing for our supper. 00:12:39 Do you think physics has been stagnant for 50 years? Physics envy is real! 00:16:17 Michio's favorite Feynman story. 00:17:45 Michio's lost bet on the Nobel prize Nobel Prize for work on a unified theory. 00:18:34 Would you dispute Feynman's assertion? Is experimental verification essential? 00:22:34 How do you respond to the rivals to string theory? Or how to be the next Einstein. 00:29:16 Why might there not be different laws that govern different universes? 00:34:53 Is string theory falsifiable? The 5 ways. 00:39:24 What do you think about Stephen Hawkings cosmological assertions? 00:42:06 You're a professed agnostic. Please explain what that means to you. 00:44:44 Is there a step before a grand unified theory? The physics desert and Supersymmetry. 00:47:37 What connect string theory to god? 00:50:47 Your parents were interred during WWII. Did they harbor resentments? 00:55:13 Can creativity be taught? Support the podcast::https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
141: Peter Boghossian: How to have IMPOSSIBLE conversations!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 76:59


In How to Have Impossible Conversations, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay guide you through the straightforward, practical, conversational techniques necessary for every successful conversation -- whether the issue is climate change, religious faith, gender identity, race, poverty, immigration, or gun control. Boghossian and Lindsay teach the subtle art of instilling doubts and opening minds. They cover everything from learning the fundamentals for good conversations to achieving expert-level techniques to deal with hardliners and extremists. This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility, connection, and empathy. Support our Sponsor LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online, in a classroom, an office, a town hall -- or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative -- dialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated debates often lead to insults and shaming, blocking any possibility of productive discourse. Everyone seems to be on a hair-trigger. Peter Boghossian is a full-time faculty member in the philosophy department at Portland State University and an affiliated faculty member at Oregon Health Science University in the Division of General Internal Medicine. He is a national speaker for the Center of Inquiry and an international speaker for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. He is the author of A Manual for Creating Atheists. He lives in Portland, Oregon. James Lindsay holds degrees in physics and mathematics, with a doctorate in the latter. He has authored two previous books: Everybody is Wrong about God and Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
140: David Pogue: How to Prepare for Climate Change!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 53:34


For Earth Day 2021, we present a discussion of the comprehensive guide to surviving climate change and global warming, an existential issue of our time, from New York Times bestselling self-help author and beloved CBS Sunday Morning science and technology correspondent David Pogue. Support our Sponsor LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible You might not realize it, but we’re already living through the beginnings of climate chaos. In Arizona, laborers now start their day at 3 a.m. because it’s too hot to work past noon. Chinese investors are snapping up real estate in Canada. Millennials have evacuation plans. Moguls are building bunkers. Retirees in Miami are moving inland. In How to Prepare for Climate Change, bestselling self-help author David Pogue offers sensible, deeply researched advice for how the rest of us should start to ready ourselves for the years ahead. Pogue walks readers through what to grow, what to eat, how to build, how to insure, where to invest, how to prepare your children and pets, and even where to consider relocating when the time comes. He also provides wise tips for managing your anxiety, as well as action plans for riding out every climate catastrophe, from superstorms and wildfires to ticks and epidemics. Get the book: https://amzn.to/32g3ZiI Get free Bonus Material : https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/how-to-prepare-for-climate-change-bonus-files David Pogue was the New York Times weekly tech columnist from 2000 to 2013. He’s a five-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS News Sunday Morning," a New York Times bestselling author, a five-time TED speaker, and host of 20 NOVA science specials on PBS. He’s written or cowritten more than 120 books, including dozens in the "Missing Manual" tech series, which he created in 1999; six books in the "For Dummies" line (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); two novels (one for middle-schoolers); his three bestselling "Pogue’s Basics" books of tips and shortcuts (on Tech, Money, and Life); his new how-to guides, "iPhone Unlocked" and "Mac Unlocked". For a complete list of Pogue’s columns and videos, and to sign up to get them by email, visit https://authory.com/DavidPogue. On Twitter, he’s @pogue; on the web, he’s at www.davidpogue.com. He welcomes civil email exchanges at david@pogueman.com. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
139: I Write Therefore I Am: David Perell— Building A Second Brain + Write of Passage

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 56:57


David Perell is a modern philosopher-scholar. He is a Gen-Z version of Seth Godin who both writes and thinks in public to become a more refined intellectual. He is a brilliant raconteur who also partners with Tiago Forte to produce the spectacular "Building a Second Brain" course! Support our Sponsor LinkedIn Jobs! Use this link to post your first job ad for FREE LinkedIn.com/impossible David's motto is: “Write every day.” Most of his essays are about business, education, and what it means to be a citizen of the Internet. These essays are a record of his intellectual quest to make sense of the world. They’re the diary of his contemplative life, and you will enjoy them. Start with the short-form essays and work your way up to the long-form ones. https://perell.com/ David's most popular short articles include The Price of Discipline, The Never-Ending Now, and One Big Idea. And if you want to read some long-form essays, I recommend What the Hell is Going On, News in the Age of Abundance, and Peter Thiel’s Religion. Or, if you want a short introduction to my thinking, you’ll like 50 Ideas that Changed My Life.If you want to see all his writing on a single page, you’ll find all my essays here At https://perell.com/about/ In Write of Passage, you will develop a systematic process for cultivating ideas, distilling them into writing, and sharing them with the people who can make the biggest difference in your career.By the time you finish the course, you will have published a series of insightful articles, built a professional website, launched an email newsletter, learned how to use these assets to connect with anyone on the planet, and developed a framework for uniquely framing your expertise and skills.You’ll transform from a passive consumer to an active creator, and escape the “Mediocre Majority” of people who endlessly consume without ever producing. https://perell.com/write-of-passage-course/ How many brilliant ideas have you had and forgotten? How many insights have you failed to take action on? How much useful advice have you slowly forgotten as the years have passed?We feel a constant pressure to be learning,improving ourselves, and making progress. The solution: Build a Second Brain! https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/ Find David's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a_pO439rhcyHBZq3AKdrw Subscribe to David's NorthStar Podcast: https://perell.com/podcast/ Support the Into the Impossible podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
138: Kamal Ravikant: Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 83:38


Kamal Ravikant has trekked to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas, earned the US Army Infantry patch, walked 550 miles across Spain, lived in Paris, and bungee jumped out of a perfectly good hot air balloon. Kamal is the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women’s writers’ group. Mr. Ravikant won a San Francisco-wide modeling contest, gotten drunk on the same barstool as Hemingway, co-founded a company with the guy who wrote the first browser, and been fortunate enough to work with some of the smartest investors and engineers in Silicon Valley. Kamal has written 3 books, the latest, Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It, went viral. Amazing people all over shared it online and on social media. They bought copies for friends and family. They wrote heartfelt reviews. For some, this book literally saved their lives. For others, it was the first time they ever loved themselves. Thanks to today’s sponsor, LinkedIn Jobs! Visit linkedin.com/impossible to post your job ad for FREE! 00:03:30 Do you see yourself as a scientist? Why do you feel the obligation to teach? 00:09:15 The numerology of your book and the influence of James Altucher. A commitment to writing. 00:14:33 How do you handle the burden of having so many people depending on you? 00:17:33 Discuss the importance of the gym and fitness to you. 00:18:59 A commitment to being honest. And Kamal's painful healing. About pain and loss. 00:26:43 The importance of innocence. 00:34:06 Is "The Practice" the ultimate personal discipline? The importance of calibration. 00:37:01 Do you believe in the adage: "facke it till you make it"? 00:36:03 Humans are feelings first. 00:42:41 What was your mother's influence on you? 00:46:04 Parenting advice. 00:47:37 On blockchain, bitcoin, technology and the purpose of wealth. 00:55:31 Why do people get "religious" about being pro or con about bitcoin? A UC San Diego spinout has taken Brian's suggestion and used the blockchain to document scientific research and discovery. See Stuart Volkow's interview with Nanome.ai Co-Founder Steve McCloskey: https://youtu.be/FSmKRmRq6EU Learn about Matryx here: https://blog.matryx.ai/matryx-calcflow-q2-updates-3c43c058e34d Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
136: Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going.

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 71:59


Into the Impossible
135, Part 1: Eric Weinstein: Geometric Unity...REVEALED!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 59:45


Eric Weinstein, host of the Portal Podcast, reveals Geometric Unity, his provocative new Theory of Everything. First discussed in 2013, later explored on the Joe Rogan Experience and Lex Fridman’s podcast, I am delighted Eric revealed the published version FIRST on The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast. Thanks to today’s sponsor, LinkedIn Jobs! Visit linkedin.com/impossible to post your job ad for FREE! Get a copy of the paper at https://GeometricUnity.org See this Collection of Videos in Support of Geometric Unity https://pullthatupjamie.com Watch Weinstein’s April Fool’s 2020 episode of The Portal, where he explains aspects of his theory of Geometric Unity: https://youtu.be/Z7rd04KzLcg Watch Eric Weinstein’s latest interview on The Joe Rogan Experience: Harvard suppressed me: https://youtu.be/l1jTUhwWJYA and the Wuhan theory here https://youtu.be/6hrd9Z4gUL4 See Eric Weinstein on Lex Friedman’s podcast https://youtu.be/ifX_JnBfxTY https://youtu.be/wf0_nMaQ6tA

Into the Impossible
135: Part 2 Eric Weinstein: Geometric Unity...REVEALED!

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 48:32


Weinstein, host of the Portal Podcast, reveals Geometric Unity, his provocative new Theory of Everything. First discussed in 2013, later explored on the Joe Rogan Experience and Lex Fridman’s podcast, I am delighted Eric revealed the published version FIRST on The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast. Thanks to today’s sponsor, LinkedIn Jobs! Visit linkedin.com/impossible to post your job ad for FREE! Get a copy of the paper at https://GeometricUnity.org See this Collection of Videos in Support of Geometric Unity https://pullthatupjamie.com Watch Weinstein’s April Fool’s 2020 episode of The Portal, where he explains aspects of his theory of Geometric Unity: https://youtu.be/Z7rd04KzLcg Watch Eric Weinstein’s latest interview on The Joe Rogan Experience: Harvard suppressed me: https://youtu.be/l1jTUhwWJYA and the Wuhan theory here https://youtu.be/6hrd9Z4gUL4 See Eric Weinstein on Lex Fridman’s podcast https://youtu.be/ifX_JnBfxTY https://youtu.be/wf0_nMaQ6tA

Leadership and the Environment
450: Brian Keating, Losing the Nobel Prize

Leadership and the Environment

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 35:43


Though I haven't actively practiced physics since defending my thesis in 1999, it felt great to talk science with the author of a book named one of the best non-fiction books of all time. The conversation stayed where nonscientists could understand, but we spoke, I think, how physicists do, though I'm out of practice.We talked about values, the difference between theory and experiment, the beauty of experiment, running experiments by the South Pole and tops of mountains, Einstein, Feynman, and technology. Of course, sustainability too.He shared about the writing of his book, the life that led to it, and the life it led to of becoming a spokesman for science.We also closed with him describing his podcast, where he interviewed me. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Into the Impossible
134: John Mather: The Very First Light

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 71:23


John Mather, is a driving force in space astronomy and cosmology. In 1989 he helped discover that the cosmic background radiation's spectrum corresponds to black-body radiation - radiation emitted by a dark, glowing body. The result provided evidence that the background radiation is a remnant from the creation of the universe in the Big Bang. John is the author of The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe. It tells the story of the NASA-led team of scientists from the COBE project that changed the way we view the universe. They showed that the microwave radiation that fills the universe must have come from the Big Bang itself—effectively proving this theory beyond any doubt. It was one of the greatest scientific findings of our generation, perhaps of all time. In this no-holds-barred account, COBE's originator and Project Scientist, John Mather, and science writer John Boslough provide the intimate and startling details of how big science is done today. They tell of the discovery of the cosmic background radiation and of the fifteen-year struggle to design, build and launch the COBE satellite, including the unwelcome controversy when one team member breached the project's publication policy and stepped into the limelight alone. The Very First Light presents a rarely seen inside account of the world of big science, where cooperation and competition battle for supremacy. At the height of the project, more than 1,500 scientists, engineers, designers, and support staff worked on the spacecraft. The project was especially difficult because two of the three instruments were cooled to within a few degrees of absolute zero.When the Challenger exploded in 1986, the shuttle program was grounded indefinately, leaving the COBE with no route to space. The last available Delta rocket was approved for the mission, but now the team had to slash the spacecraft's five-ton weight in half. The story of this feat provides a remarkable behind-the-scenes look into the high-stakes, frenetic world of a big science project and NASA itself. The Very First Light is a portrait of science no serious reader will want to miss. Thanks to today’s sponsor, LinkedIn Jobs! Visit linkedin.com/impossible to post your job ad for FREE! Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating And please join my mailing list to get resources and enter giveaways to win a FREE copy of my book (and more) http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php

Into the Impossible
133: Phil Plait, Bad Astronomer, on The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 77:02


Philip Plait, also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, writer and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, images and spectra of astronomical objects, as well as engaging in public outreach advocacy for NASA missions. He has written two books, Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies. He has also appeared in several science documentaries, including How the Universe Works on the Discovery Channel. From August 2008 through 2009, he served as president of the James Randi Educational Foundation.[2][3] Additionally, he wrote and hosted episodes of Crash Course Astronomy which aired its last episode in 2016. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating Thanks to today’s sponsor, LinkedIn Jobs! Visit linkedin.com/impossible to post your job ad for FREE!

Into the Impossible
132: What did the Event Horizon Telescope Discover? Chat with Heino Falcke: black holes, polarization EHT

Into the Impossible

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 59:24


Thanks to today’s sponsor, LinkedIn Jobs! Visit linkedin.com/impossible to post your job ad for FREE! The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) just made a MAJOR Discovery about Black Holes. Chat with Heino Falcke, author of LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, about what it all means. Light is an oscillating electromagnetic wave. If the waves have a preferred direction of oscillation, they are polarized. In space, moving hot gas, or ‘plasma’, threaded by a magnetic field emits polarized light. The polarized light rays that manage to escape the pull of the black hole travel to a distant camera. The intensity of those light rays and their direction is what we observe with the Event Horizon Telescope. https://licht-im-dunkeln.de/en/home/ GET THE BOOK:https://amzn.to/3lPtpwr MEET HEINO: https://heinofalcke.org Magnetic fields around black holes can launch powerful plasma jets with almost speed of light. They force electrons to gyrate and emit radio waves. This forces the light to oscillate perpendicular to the field lines. On 24 March 2021 the EHT collaboration revealed a breakthrough discovery: the Event Horizon Telescope has imaged polarized light close to the shadow of M87* for the very first time. Using this knowledge, we can map out the magnetic fields that surround the black hole, and connect them to the powerful jet of plasma it ejects. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is an international collaboration that captured the first image of a black hole by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope. To learn more, you can check out our website at https://eventhorizontelescope.org/​. https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/imapp/2021/astronomers-image-magnetic-fields-edge-m87-black/?reload=true 00:00 Introduction 05:00 What is the EHT? 10:00 What is polarization? 50:00 Learn about Heino's new book! Follow EHT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ehtelescope​ Follow EHT on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ehtelescope/​ Follow EHT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ehtelescope/​

The James Altucher Show
605 - How to Win a Nobel Prize While Figuring out how the ENTIRE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED! With Brian Keating, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at University of California, San

The James Altucher Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 121:54 Transcription Available


Or rather...how to lose one as well. And what happens when you come soclose...and then lose. Brian Keating, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at the University of California and author of Losing The Nobel Prize. answered all my questions that I have about the universe, from Big Bang, to how big is the universe! We also talked about what really is The Nobel Prize? What does it mean if you win...and if you lose? Also, please subscribe to Brian Keating's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Find Brian Keating's book, Losing the Nobel Prize here: http://amazon.com I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart...

Humans 2.0 Archive
248: Brian Keating | Losing the Nobel Prize - Perils of idolization

Humans 2.0 Archive

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 51:24


Brian Keating is a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. He has lectured on six of the seven continents, including Antarctica. He is an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which he uses to investigate the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is a pioneer in the search for the earliest physical evidence of the inflationary epoch, the theorized period of expansion of space in the early universe directly after the Big Bang. Physicists predict that this evidence will reveal itself as a particular pattern in the way CMB light is polarized; this pattern is referred to as a B-mode pattern, and Keating designed the first experiment dedicated to detecting it (BICEP). In 2014, amidst the purported detection of this long-sought signal, Keating was busy co-teaching a course at UC San Diego entitled "Poetry for Physicists", with Pulitzer Prizewinner Rae Armantrout.A Forbes, Physics Today, Science News, and Science Friday Best Science Book Of 2018The inside story of a quest to unlock one of cosmology's biggest mysteries, derailed by the lure of the Nobel Prize.What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, revealed that they'd glimpsed the spark that ignited the Big Bang. Millions around the world tuned in to the announcement broadcast live from Harvard University, immediately igniting rumors of an imminent Nobel Prize. But had these cosmologists truly read the cosmic prologue or, swept up in Nobel dreams, had they been deceived by a galactic mirage?In Losing the Nobel Prize, cosmologist and inventor of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiment Brian Keating tells the inside story of BICEP2's mesmerizing discovery and the scientific drama that ensued. In an adventure story that spans the globe from Rhode Island to the South Pole, from California to Chile, Keating takes us on a personal journey of revelation and discovery, bringing to vivid life the highly competitive, take-no-prisoners, publish-or-perish world of modern science. Along the way, he provocatively argues that the Nobel Prize, instead of advancing scientific progress, may actually hamper it, encouraging speed and greed while punishing collaboration and bold innovation. In a thoughtful reappraisal of the wishes of Alfred Nobel, Keating offers practical solutions for reforming the prize, providing a vision of a scientific future in which cosmologists may, finally, be able to see all the way back to the very beginning.- Use METRY while filling in your email https://briankeating.com/- https://amzn.to/2J2FvR8Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

The Create Your Own Life Show
533: How Losing the Nobel Prize Caused This Man to Redefine Failure | Dr. Brian Keating

The Create Your Own Life Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 41:07


Our guest for this episode is Dr. Brian Keating... Brian Keating is a professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is a pioneer in the search for the earliest physical evidence of the inflationary epoch, the theorized period of expansion of space in the early universe directly after the Big Bang. Physicists predict that this evidence will reveal itself as a particular pattern in the way CMB light is polarized; this pattern is referred to as a B-mode pattern. Find more about Brian at: www.Briankeating.com   See the Show Notes: www.jeremyryanslate.com/530 Sponsors: Command Your Brand Media: Looking to grow your brand as a guest on top rated podcasts? Visit www.commandyourbrand.media Audible: Get a free 30 day free trial and 1 free audiobook from thousands of available books. Right now I'm reading "Steve Jobs," by Walter Isaacson head over to www.jeremyryanslate.com/book 

FQXi Podcast
Losing the Nobel Prize: In this special edition, physicist Brian Keating discusses his new book, which recounts the ill-fated BICEP2 announcement--and retraction--of the claimed discovery of primordial gravitational waves in 2014.

FQXi Podcast

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