Podcasts about Quantum field theory

What is string theory, really? Why does it need extra dimensions? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice welcome theoretical physicist and mathematician Lara Anderson to guide us through string theory, higher dimensions, and finding a unifying theory of everything.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/consider-a-spherical-cow-with-lara-anderson/Thanks to our Patrons Rachel Burns, GTH, Ali Al-Mubarak, Tinashe Munyaradzi Majada Duma, Lester Hairston, Shelbi Frowein, Daryl Sheppard, Carlos Fernandez, Bryan Skelton, SHONE JOE, Beverly Jo, Dr. Rob Bryan, Mark Swehla Jr, Jake, Jake, Parvaneh Alavi, Caleb Rohrer, Cryosminitar, Joe Oggier, A Tedla, Chris Crisco, Olga, Colby Hyde, Trevor Morrison, Elizabeth P, Adam Haynes, ice age, craig henry, McKenna Lineback, Emily Martinez, Laura V Pagliaro, Tactalpotato750, Raymond Hal Bonnin II, Vladlen Kogan, Matthias Sabourin, Allan Watson, Jimmy Rose, Joe DiRosa, Cal Mathison, Lex Hayes, Quince Poston, Kathleen OBrien, Ryan Enright, Mahi, and Thomas S. for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Today we are joined by physicist and philosopher Emily Adlam for her first appearance on Theories of Everything to challenge one of the deepest assumptions in science: that time flows. In this thought-provoking conversation, Adlam presents her “all-at-once” view of physics, where the universe is more like a completed Sudoku puzzle than a film playing forward. We explore the measurement problem in quantum mechanics, the role of the observer, the illusion of causality, and why these foundational questions demand both philosophical clarity and scientific precision. As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Listen on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotifyTOE Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join Links Mentioned: •⁠ ⁠Emily's profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Adlam •⁠ ⁠Spooky Action at a Temporal Distance (paper): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7512241/pdf/entropy-20-00041.pdf •⁠ ⁠Quantum Field Theory and the Limits of Reductionism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.20457 •⁠ ⁠Two Roads of Retrocausality (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.12934 •⁠ ⁠Taxonomy for Physics Beyond Quantum Mechanics (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.12293 •⁠ ⁠Strong Determinism (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.02886 •⁠ ⁠Carlo Rovelli on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF4SAketEHY •⁠ ⁠Stephen Wolfram on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YRlQQw0d-4 •⁠ ⁠Emily interviewed about Nonlocality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR7aPlZg7dE&ab_channel=GeorgeMusser •⁠ ⁠Tim Palmer on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlklA6jsS8A •⁠ ⁠Tim Maudlin on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU1bs5o3nss •⁠ ⁠Algorithmic Randomness and Probabilistic Laws (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01411 •⁠ ⁠Governing Without a Fundamental Direction of Time (paper): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.09226 •⁠ ⁠Matt Segal on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeTm4fSXpbM •⁠ ⁠Jacob Barandes on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oWip00iXbo&list=PLZ7ikzmc6zlN6E8KrxcYCWQIHg2tfkqvR&index=33 •⁠ ⁠Sabine Hossenfelder on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3y-Z0pgupg&t=1s •⁠ ⁠Bernardo Kastrup and Sabine on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJmBmopxc1k&t=755s&ab_channel=CurtJaimungal •⁠ ⁠Sean Carroll on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AoRxtYZrZo Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:56 Observers in Quantum Mechanics 02:15 The Measurement Problem 06:23 Dogmas in Quantum Foundations 08:24 Causation and Its Philosophical Implications 09:12 The Arrow of Time and Its Mysteries 10:28 Exploring Coarse Graining and Reductionism 13:21 Non-Locality: Temporal vs. Spatial 16:06 The Nature of Non-Locality 19:34 Temporal Non-Locality and Its Implications 21:51 Retrocausality: The All-at-Once Perspective 26:25 The Measurement Problem and All-at-Once Framework 28:24 Observer-Centric Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics 31:29 Probabilities in Physics 32:51 The Process Matrix and Causal Structures 38:33 Foundations of Physics and Philosophy 1:05:16 The Emergence of Space-Time 1:08:11 Exploring Correlations in Physical Parameters 1:10:44 Epistemology of the Measurement Problem 1:13:26 Lessons in Patience and Persistence Support TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Physicist Matt Strassler drops in to talk about the origins of the universe and how we how what we know.About  our guest:Dr. Matt Strassler is a  theoretical physicist and writer. His research over the past thirty years has mainly been related mainly to the Large Hadron Collider, though he has written many papers on a wide variety of topics in string theory, quantum field theory and particle physics. He has recently completed a new book, called “Waves in an Impossible Sea“, in which, without assuming readers know any science or math, he explains modern physics and its centrality in human experience.

In this interview, I'm joined by two leading thinkers who are helping to reshape our understanding of consciousness, the nature of reality, and the pursuit of meaning in life: Dr Iain McGilchrist and Dr Bernardo Kastrup. Iain is a neuroscientist, psychiatrist, author, and philosopher perhaps most well known for his Hemispheric Hypothesis and his books: The Master and his Emissary and The Matter with Things. Bernardo is an author, scientist, philosopher, and the Director of the Essentia Foundation. He holds two PhDs - one in philosophy and the other in engineering. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. In this conversation, we explore: — Their views on what consciousness is, the common ground in their thinking, and the differences — The extent to Iain and Bernardo believe we live in a purposeful and intelligent universe, and their perspectives on the question of God — Why they both consider truth to be the most important thing in life — Where they see human life fitting into the larger whole and what case can be made that each of our individual subjective experiences do matter. I hope you get as much from this fascinating discussion as I did from recording it. You can learn more about Iain's work at https://channelmcgilchrist.com, and Bernardo's at https://www.bernardokastrup.com. -- Dr Iain McGilchrist is a Psychiatrist and Writer. He is committed to the idea that the mind and brain can be understood only by seeing them in the broadest possible context, that of the whole of our physical and spiritual existence, and of the wider human culture in which they arise – the culture which helps to mould, and in turn is moulded by, our minds and brains. He was formerly a Consultant Psychiatrist of the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley NHS Trust in London, where he was Clinical Director of their southern sector Acute Mental Health Services. Dr McGilchrist has published original research and contributed chapters to books on a wide range of subjects, as well as original articles in papers and journals, including the British Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Telegraph and The Sunday Times. He has taken part in many radio and TV programmes, documentaries, and numerous podcasts, and interviews on YouTube, among them dialogues with Jordan Peterson, David Fuller of Rebel Wisdom, and philosopher Tim Freke. His books include Against Criticism, The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning, and Ways of Attending. He published his latest book: The Matter With Things, a book of epistemology and metaphysics. You can keep up to date with his work at https://channelmcgilchrist.com. Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is Science Ideated: The fall of matter and the contours of the next mainstream scientific worldview. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit https://www.bernardokastrup.com. --- Interview Links: — Dr McGilchirst's website - https://channelmcgilchrist.com — Dr Kastrup's website - https://www.bernardokastrup.com

Why was there more matter than antimatter left over? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the quantum origins of the universe, charge parity violation, dark matter, and the many quarks that make up our world with CERN particle physicist Harry Cliff. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/why-anything-with-harry-cliff/Thanks to our Patrons Diedre Austin, Robert R Able, Peter Onnasch, Valarie McCullar, tremayne johnston, Kurt Kwok, Gianfranco Iannotta, April007, Dale Frewaldt, Sergio Castañeda, Desiray Belcher, Steelfinger7 Steelfinger7, Arnav Madan, Jana, Stephan, Craig Cordwell, Emmanuel Nolasco, Micheal Dunthorn, Forgotten Glory, Thornman, Simba vortex, Justus Patrick, Joey Sandall, Ainsley Bhattan, Dan Teston, Nick Smith, Matt Curtis, Todd King, Reka, and Micheal Smith for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.

As with all episodes of this podcast there are spoilers ahead! Earlier this year I approached a brilliant theoretical physicist about whether she would like to come on the podcast to speak about her favourite science fiction film but instead she wanted to speak to me about the science of the film Interstellar (2014). I apologise in advance for my own level of understanding of physics which is a mix of decades old lessons in school, a tiny handful of pop science books and a number of science fiction films. Interstellar was released ten years ago in November 2014. Theoretical physicist Kip Thorne was the main consultant to director Christopher Nolan on the science of the film which is packed with scientifically accurate scenarios (and a few scientifically fantastical ones too). The Guest Claudia de Rham is a theoretical physicist at Imperial College, London. Her expertise lies at the interface between Quantum Field Theory, Gravity, Gravitational Waves, Cosmology, Particle Physics, Numerical Simulations and Theoretical Mathematical Physics. She is also the author of the book The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity. Chapters00:00 Introduction to the show and guest01:20 Claudia's first viewing: Science, emotion and the world you leave behind. 03:25 A quick overview of the premise04:37 Wormholes: folding paper and spacetime17:17 Kip Thorne and gravitational anomalies11:14 Time dilation and black holes15:14 Time is relative, gravity is multi-dimensional and the transition to science fiction16:49 Going beyond Einstein's theory of general relativity to the holy grail of science19:34 Differences in singularities and being pulled apart by black holes21:47 The tesseract and extra dimensions24:50 Gravity as communicator29:38 Gravity vs light33:20 Direct detection of gravitational waves, interferometers and LISA* in space35:06 Observation of the shadows of black holes36:50 Claudia's love of gravity Next Episode:The next film we will be looking at is Creature from the Black Lagoon from 1954!You can check JustWatch for where you can find the film in your region. It is available to rent or buy in various places including Apple TV. Sequels Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us are trickier to track down though there are some online streaming services. The Shape of Water (2017) which is heavily inspired by the original film is available to rent or buy in various places and is also available for those who have a Disney+ subscription. * The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna

Javier Magán on Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information, Quantum Chaos and Quantum Complexity.

Welcome to the perplexing world of quantum mechanics, where the rules of reality bend and twist in ways that challenge our fundamental understanding of the universe. This field of physics delves into the behavior of particles at the smallest scales, revealing a realm where probabilities reign supreme and certainty is elusive.Imagine a world where particles can exist in multiple states at once, only collapsing into a single state when observed. This phenomenon, known as superposition, defies our everyday experiences and invites us to reconsider what we know about existence itself. Quantum entanglement further complicates matters; it describes how particles can become intertwined in such a way that the state of one instantly influences another, regardless of distance.The implications of quantum mechanics extend far beyond theoretical musings—they are reshaping technology as we know it. From advancements in quantum computing to breakthroughs in secure communication through quantum cryptography, this enigmatic field offers solutions that could revolutionize industries.As we continue to explore this perplexing domain, it becomes clear that understanding quantum mechanics is not just an academic pursuit; it's essential for grasping the very fabric of reality and harnessing its potential for future innovations. Embrace the mystery and let curiosity guide you through this fascinating journey!

Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist and mathematician, currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at Columbia University. Peter is known for his work in quantum field theory and representation theory, particularly for contributions to the understanding of gauge theories. In addition to his academic work, Woit is the author of "Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law," where he critically examines string theory while advocating for alternative approaches in the quest for a unified physical theory. Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) Join TOEmail at https://www.curtjaimungal.org Links: ⁠- Peter Woit's first appearance on TOE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3JYb_g2Qs - ⁠Peter Woit's book on Quantum Theory and Representations: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Theory-Groups-Representations-Introduction/dp/3319646109 - Peter Woit's Papers - https://inspirehep.net/literature?sort=mostrecent&size=25&page=1&q=a%20P.Woit.1 - Peter Woit's Blog - https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/ - Peter Woit's book “Not Even Wrong”: https://amzn.to/3X8c1pS Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:31 - Overview of Unification in Physics and the Standard Model 05:11 - Historical Development of the Standard Model and its Success 07:00 - Introduction to General Relativity and its Challenges 09:32 - Unanswered Questions in the Standard Model (SU1, SU2, SU3) 13:12 - Technical Issues in Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity 17:24 - The Rise of Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) 21:07 - Challenges and Failures of GUTs (Proton Decay) 25:43 - Abandonment of GUTs and Introduction of Supersymmetry 26:45 - Basics of Supersymmetry and Its Predictions 31:28 - Failure of Supersymmetry (No Evidence for Superpartners) 32:08 - Supergravity, Kaluza-Klein Theories, and Extra Dimensions 35:52 - String Theory and the Unification Paradigm in the 1980s 39:00 - Experimental Failures and the Lack of Evidence for String Theory 41:00 - Ongoing Pursuit of Failed Theories and Resistance to New Ideas 47:09 - The Shift in Attitudes Towards Unification Efforts in Physics 48:13 - Introduction to Peter Woit's New Ideas on Unification 52:32 - The Role of Four-Dimensional Geometry and Spinors in Unification 58:11 - Wick Rotation and Differences Between Euclidean and Minkowski Space-Time 1:03:05 - Technical Challenges in Wick Rotation and Quantum Field Theory 1:09:01 - Unique Aspects of Spinors in Euclidean vs. Minkowski Space-Time 1:14:38 - The Dirac Operator and its Role in Space-Time Symmetry 1:18:02 - Relation to Supersymmetry and the Right-Handed Nature of Space-Time 1:22:04 - Connection to Gravity and Loop Quantum Gravity (Ashtakar Variables) 1:23:04 - Outro / Support TOE Support TOE: - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!) - Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch Follow TOE: - NEW Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoriesofeverythingpod - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theoriesofeverything_ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802 - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join #science #physics #stringtheory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Bernardo Kastrup is an author, scientist, philosopher, and the Director of the Essentia Foundation. He holds two PhDs - one in philosophy and the other in engineering. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. This conversation mostly focuses on Bernardo's unique perspective on UAPs (also commonly referred to as UFOs). We also touch on the significance of Carl Jung's book: “Answer to Job” and its potential for providing a sustainable source of transcendent meaning in a secular world. Expect to Learn: — Bernardo's two theories to understand and explain UAPs — Why it's more likely that UAPs are terrestrial rather than extra terrestrial — The link between mystery and meaning, and how a lack of the former depletes the latter. And more. You can learn more about Bernardo's work at: https://www.bernardokastrup.com. --- Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is Science Ideated: The fall of matter and the contours of the next mainstream scientific worldview. --- Interview Links: — Dr Bernardo Kastrup's website - https://www.bernardokastrup.com.

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In today's episode, I had the absolute honor of speaking with one of my personal intellectual heroes, Bernardo Kastrup. Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of the Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (with a focus in ontology and philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (with a focus in reconfigurable computing and artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has also had a 25-year career in high-technology, having co-founded parallel processing company Silicon Hive (which was acquired by Intel in 2011). Bernardo Kastrup is also the author of 11 books. I basically have an entire Kastrup shelf inmy office. His book, “Meaning In Absurdity: What Bizarre Phenomena Can Tell Us About the Nature of Reality” is, in my opinion, one of the most important books written on the UFO phenomenon. I can't recommend it highly enough. Just a heads up before we begin—if you aren't familiar with Kastrup's thinking on analytic idealism, the first part of this interview might be a little challenging. If you stick it out, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how elegantly analytic idealism deals with some of the more mysterious aspects of the anomalous phenomena. If you'd like to learn more about analytic idealism, there are some great resources and videos that can walk you through it step-by-step. [Links in episode brief.]___________________NEW Class from Dr. James MaddenUnidentified Flying Hyperobject: UFOs, Philosophy, and the End of the WorldFour-week online class via ZoomWednesdays, March 27 – April 24 (skips April 10), 20247 – 9 pm ETLearn More About the ClassSign Up Now___________________EPISODE BRIEF[Links to videos on Analytic Idealism in Episode Brief]BECOME A PATRONPatrons get lots of great perks like early and ad-free episodes, access to the private The UFO Rabbit Hole Discord server, and twice-monthly Patron Zoom calls with Kelly Chase.Memberships start at just $5/month.GET THE BOOKGet a SIGNED COPYGet it on AmazonFOLLOWWebsiteTwitterFacebookTIMESTAMP00:00:30 Introduction00:04:35 How working with artificial neural networks at CERN led Bernardo to break with physicalism00:07:12 The difference between intelligence and consciousness00:08:36 Analytic idealism00:12:26 How does analytic idealism relate to the ideas of Donald Hoffman?00:14:38 If the world is mental, why doesn't it behave like a dream?00:17:23 Bernardo's UFO experience00:19:37 How UFOs repel our attention00:23:02 Memory and UFOs00:25:46 UFOs and analytic idealism00:30:09 Logic and finding meaning in absurdity00:35:11 The “call of the absurd” and the control mechanism00:39:27 How marketing and propaganda hijack the control mechanism00:42:47 Are “nuts and bolts” UAPs and high strangeness UFO encounters the same phenomenon?00:48:44 Bernardo's ultraterrestrial hypothesis00:58:37 The rise of AI, NHIs, and the coming consciousness shift

To access our conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com. Rupert Spira is a non-dual teacher, philosopher, author, and proponent of the Direct Path, based in Oxford, UK. Bernardo Kastrup is an author, philosopher, and the executive director of Essentia Foundation, whose work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has PhDs in philosophy and computer engineering, and previously worked at CERN. In this conversation, we explore: — An introduction to non-duality and the empirical evidence in support of it — The link between the materialist worldview and widespread addiction in our society — The possibility of an addiction arising because of a disconnection from nature — Rupert and Bernardo's definition of a life well lived. And more. Learn more about Bernardo's work by going to: https://www.essentiafoundation.org and Rupert's at https://rupertspira.com. --- Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is Science Ideated: The fall of matter and the contours of the next mainstream scientific worldview. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit https://www.bernardokastrup.com. From an early age, Rupert Spira was deeply interested in the nature of reality, beginning to meditate at the age of seventeen and studying the teachings of the classical Advaita Vedanta tradition over the next twenty years. In 1997 he met his teacher, Francis Lucille, who introduced him to the Direct Path teachings of Atmananda Krishna Menon and to Jean Klein and the Tantric tradition of Kashmir Shaivism. More importantly, Francis directly indicated to him the true nature of experience. Rupert lives in the UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and the US. You can learn more about his work at https://rupertspira.com. --- 3 Books Rupert Recommends Every Therapist Should Read: — The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle - https://amzn.to/44wkyEY — You Are the Happiness You Seek - Rupert Spira - https://amzn.to/44x8KT4 — Be Who You Are - Ramana Maharshi - https://amzn.to/46GzEJS

Bernardo has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence) Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has also had a 25-year career in high-technology, having co-founded parallel processing company "Silicon Hive" which was acquired by Intel He has been featured in 'Scientific American,' Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is 'Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics.' He is also the executive director of Essentia Foundation Join us for a captivating interview with Bernardo Kastrup, the executive director of Essentia Foundation, as we delve into the intriguing world of metaphysical idealism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truestoriesandscience/support

To access our conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com Dr Bernardo Kastrup is a philosopher, author and the Director of the Essentia Foundation. He is the author of several books, including “Jung's Metaphysics”, “Why Materialism is Baloney”, and “More Than Allegory”. In this conversation, we explore: — Bernardo's thoughts on free will — The major differences between the eastern mind and the western mind. — Why engaging with the religious tradition of our upbringing can be the most direct path to transcendent meaning — How psychedelics have impacted Bernardo — Carl Jung's concept of synchronicity and what this reveals about the nature of our world. And more. You can learn more about his work by going to https://www.bernardokastrup.com or https://www.essentiafoundation.org. You can also check out their latest videos by going to the Essentia Foundation YouTube channel. --- Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is Science Ideated: The fall of matter and the contours of the next mainstream scientific worldview. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit www.bernardokastrup.com. --- Interview Links: — Dr Kastrup's website: www.bernardokastrup.com — Dr Kastrup's books: https://amzn.to/3fQ4yKv

To access our conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Bernardo Kastrup. Bernardo is an author, scientist, philosopher, and the Director of the Essentia Foundation. He holds two PhDs - one in philosophy and the other in engineering. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. In this conversation, you'll learn: — How the life of Friedrich Nietzsche can be thought of as a microcosm of a cultural macrocosm we are currently experiencing — Why life is inherently sacrificial and how understanding this can provide a rich and deep source of meaning in our lives — Bernardo's concept of the “Daimon” and how to harness it to live a life of service and let nature work through you. And more. You can learn more about Bernardo's pioneering work by going to https://essentiafoundation.org. --- To access the full conference package, as well as supporting materials, quizzes, and certification, please visit: https://twumembers.com --- Dr Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is Science Ideated: The fall of matter and the contours of the next mainstream scientific worldview. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit https://www.bernardokastrup.com. --- Interview Links: — Dr Kastrup's website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/ — Dr Kastrup's books: https://amzn.to/45TaC8T

Are we thinking about the fundamentals of the universe wrong? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O'Reilly answer grab bag questions about aliens, gravitons, and the big unknowns with astrophysicist Charles Liu.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-quantum-aliens-with-charles-liu/Thanks to our Patrons Karim Beydoun, Sture Seljelund, Ken Hays, Kasi Kanniah, Dillon, Mandi McKay, and Phillida Hutcheson for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: NASA Hubble, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Contact UsIf you would like to get in contact with Irene or I, you can reach us at beyondthephysics.jg@gmail.comFollow UsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthephysicsYoutube:https://youtube.com/@beyond_the_physicsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeyondthePhysics/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beyond_PhysicsIf you want to keep up with the program.Links (Education and potentially useful resources to supplement the podcast)Case Study of Serum Sickness in Dog due to Antivenin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V9aTDO4I3U3T_Pre3XPXVKD62mu6KQF9/view?usp=sharingBCG Therapy Info by American Cancer Society:https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/bladder-cancer/treating/intravesical-therapy.htmlCommunal Narcissism:https://www.choosingtherapy.com/communal-narcissism/Dr. Ramani Video: https://youtu.be/aF8fiHTbGtYRough TimestampsIntroduction: Start to 00:04:00Irene Doctoral Candidacy + Summer School in Pittsburgh: 00:04:00 to 00:10:00Dealing with Anxiety / Panic Attacks: 00:10:00 to 00:16:00Sage Emergency, Snake Bite, Kidney Failure (+ Joe Qualification Exam Prep): 00:16:00 to 00:35:00Joe Qualification Exam: 00:35:00 to 00:40:00Irene Father Health Emergency (Lack of space to Mourn): 00:40:00 to 01:03:30Spring 2023Irene Playing music again + Rock Climbing: 01:03:30 to 01:09:10Joe Spring 2023, Prospectus + Rock Climbing: 01:09:10 to 01:16:50Irene Scholarship: 01:16:50 to 01:19:00Joe “Incident” with Advisor: 01:19:00 to 01:47:50Summer 2023, Travel, Summer school in Brazil: 01:48:00 to EndFree Opinion Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on Beyond the Physics are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any university, employer or program. Any content provided by our authors are of their opinion, and are not intended to malign any religion, ethic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything.

*Welcome Dr. Dennis: This week Fred Williams and Doug McBurney interview physicist Phillip Dennis, who does research in General Relativity and Gravitation, Cosmology, and Quantum Field Theory, among others. His projects include providing algorithms for the Hubble Space Telescope, tracking algorithms, and other mathematical algorithms, he has three patents and has been recognized with awards from NASA, TRW, and Litton.   *Presentism: says that just because special relativity presents the appearance that one cannot assign an objective time order to distantly occurring events, that does not mean there is no "actual now". There is an actual now, and we're all in it... right now!   *Phil's Cosmology Model: Dr. Dennis gives us his thoughts on quantum field theory, the wave-particle duality, distant starlight in a 6000-year-old universe, and an introduction to relativistic quantum theory for creationists.   *Links to Dr. Dennis' Papers: (at least to the ones mentioned on the show today). Read Dr. Dennis' Machian Paper on aspects of the nature of light, his Relativistic Cosmology, and his groundbreaking 1998 paper on Probability & Quantum Mechanics.  

*Welcome Dr. Dennis: This week Fred Williams and Doug McBurney interview physicist Phillip Dennis, who does research in General Relativity and Gravitation, Cosmology, and Quantum Field Theory, among others. His projects include providing algorithms for the Hubble Space Telescope, tracking algorithms, and other mathematical algorithms, he has three patents and has been recognized with awards from NASA, TRW, and Litton.   *Presentism: says that just because special relativity presents the appearance that one cannot assign an objective time order to distantly occurring events, that does not mean there is no "actual now". There is an actual now, and we're all in it... right now!   *Phil's Cosmology Model: Dr. Dennis gives us his thoughts on quantum field theory, the wave-particle duality, distant starlight in a 6000-year-old universe, and an introduction to relativistic quantum theory for creationists.   *Links to Dr. Dennis' Papers: (at least to the ones mentioned on the show today). Read Dr. Dennis' Machian Paper on aspects of the nature of light, his Relativistic Cosmology, and his groundbreaking 1998 paper on Probability & Quantum Mechanics.  

The term morphic field was first coined by British scientist Doctor Rupert Sheldrake. He has published a number of scientific papers on the subject. His work is fascinating, if somewhat dry and not always easy to read. The great thing about morphic fields though, is that you don't need to have a detailed understanding of them in order to use them. That said, the basics are easy to grasp. A field is a kind of energy that can affect matter (or ‘stuff' to use the less scientific term). We're all familiar with at least one kind of field—a magnetic field. Even though we can't see it, we know a magnetic field can affect certain stuff—metal. The dial on a compass moves because it is affected by the earth's magnetic field. And those little fridge magnets work because a magnetic field holds them tightly to the metal door of your refrigerator. A morphic field also affects stuff. It's less fussy than a magnetic field though, because the stuff it affects is elementary particles. These are the smallest particles known to science. If you took anything in the universe, chopped it in half, and kept chopping the halves in half, you would eventually end up with a single molecule. If you kept going and chopped that up too, you would have some atoms. And if you chopped those up, you would be left with elementary (subatomic) particles like electrons and quarks. These particles are what are affected by morphic fields. And because everything in the universe is built out of them, that means morphic fields affect everything. They exist everywhere. They are inside you right now. And inside me. And inside this book. They are in the air around us. They are in space. They are in other stars and other planets. Morphic fields are themselves, part of the building blocks of the universe. 

In a fascinating conversation, renowned theoretical physicist Marika Taylor and acclaimed philosopher Julian Baggini explore the history and evolving relationship between these two disciplines. Listen in as they delve into the intricacies of how science and philosophy have been intertwined, only to diverge since the Enlightenment. Can they be reconciled?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesJoining the debate are Professor Marika Taylor, the Head of School within Mathematical Sciences at University of Southampton with a focus on string theory, quantum field theory, and gravitational physics, and Julian Baggini, a celebrated philosopher, journalist, and the co-founder of The Philosopher's Magazine. The conversation is expertly hosted by Güneş Taylor.There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore. Find out more: https://iai.tv/podcast-offers?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=shownotes&utm_campaign=head-to-head-philosophy-vs-scienceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episodes provides an in-depth crash course on Analytic Idealism with Bernardo Kastrup. @bernardokastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). EPISODE LINKS: - Bernardo's Website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/ - Bernardo's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@bernardokastrup - Full Course on Analytic Idealism: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/analytic-idealism-course/ CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (2:25) - Chapter I - We investigate whether our ordinary intuitions about the nature of reality and the world at large can be true at all. Is the world really what it looks like on the screen of perception? (18:11) - Chapter II - We discuss why mainstream physicalism fails on all key post-enlightenment values, such as coherence, internal consistency, parsimony, explanatory power and empirical adequacy. (39:57) - Chapter III - We investigate the insoluble problems of constitutive panpsychism, a fashionable metaphysics that postulates consciousness to be a fundamental property of matter. (1:26:22) - Chapter IV - We go in depth into Analytic Idealism itself, discussing how it makes sense of reality without requiring anything other than nature's sole given: experience. (1:38:00) - Chapter V - We review empirical evidence from the fields of foundations of physics and neuroscience of consciousness, which seems to directly contradict mainstream physicalism and suggest the validity of analytic idealism (1:57:55) - Chapter VI - We discuss the important distinction between phenomenal consciousness and meta-consciousness, arguing that the so-called ‘unconscious' reflects merely a lack of the latter, not the former. (2:08:20) - Chapter VII - We respond to the main objections raised against Analytic Idealism. This is the closing part of the course, so Bernardo leaves you with some personal reflections about Idealism and life. (2:26:42) - Conclusion Website · YouTube

Get early access to our latest psychology lectures: http://bit.ly/new-talks5 I'll propose an idealist ontology more parsimonious and empirically rigorous than mainstream physicalism, bottom-up panpsychism, and cosmopsychism. The ontology also offers more explanatory power than these three alternatives, in that it does not fall prey to the hard problem of consciousness, the combination problem, or the decomposition problem, respectively. It can be summarized as follows: there is only universal consciousness. We, as well as all other living organisms, are but dissociated alters of universal consciousness, surrounded by its mental activity. The inanimate world we see around us is the extrinsic appearance of this activity. The living organisms we share the world with are the extrinsic appearances of other dissociated alters. --- Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is Science Ideated: The fall of matter and the contours of the next mainstream scientific worldview. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit www.bernardokastrup.com. Links - Get our latest psychology lectures emailed to your inbox: http://bit.ly/new-talks5 - Check out our next event: http://theweekenduniversity.com/events - Dr Kastrup's website: www.bernardokastrup.com - Dr Kastrup's books: https://amzn.to/3fQ4yKv

Daniel Schroeder is a particle and accelerator physicist and an editor for The American Journal of Physics. Dan received his PhD from Stanford University, where he spent most of his time at the Stanford Linear Accelerator, and he is currently a professor in the department of physics and astronomy at Weber State University. Dan is also the author of two revered physics textbooks, the first with Michael Peskin called An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (or simply Peskin & Schroeder within the physics community) and the second An Introduction to Thermal Physics. Dan enjoys teaching physics courses at all levels, from Elementary Astronomy through Quantum Mechanics. In this episode, I get to connect with one of my teachers, having taken both thermodynamics and quantum field theory courses when I was a university student based on Dan's textbooks. We take a deep dive towards answering two fundamental questions in the subject of thermodynamics: what is temperature and what is entropy? We provide both a qualitative and quantitative analysis, discussing good and bad definitions of temperature, microstates and macrostates, the second law of thermodynamics, and the relationship between temperature and entropy. Our discussion was also a great chance to shed light on some of the philosophical assumptions and conundrums in thermodynamics that do not typically come up in a physics course: the fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics, Laplace's demon, and the arrow of time problem (Loschmidt's paradox) arising from the second law of thermodynamics (i.e. why is entropy increasing in the future when mechanics has time-reversal symmetry). Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timothynguyen Outline: 00:00:00 : Introduction 00:01:54 : Writing Books 00:06:51 : Academic Track: Research vs Teaching 00:11:01 : Charming Book Snippets 00:14:54 : Discussion Plan: Two Basic Questions 00:17:19 : Temperature is What You Measure with a Thermometer 00:22:50 : Bad definition of Temperature: Measure of Average Kinetic Energy 00:25:17 : Equipartition Theorem 00:26:10 : Relaxation Time 00:27:55 : Entropy from Statistical Mechanics 00:30:12 : Einstein solid 00:32:43 : Microstates + Example Computation 00:38:33: Fundamental Assumption of Statistical Mechanics (FASM) 00:46:29 : Multiplicity is highly concentrated about its peak 00:49:50 : Entropy is Log(Multiplicity) 00:52:02 : The Second Law of Thermodynamics 00:56:13 : FASM based on our ignorance? 00:57:37 : Quantum Mechanics and Discretization 00:58:30 : More general mathematical notions of entropy 01:02:52 : Unscrambling an Egg and The Second Law of Thermodynamics 01:06:49 : Principle of Detailed Balance 01:09:52 : How important is FASM? 01:12:03 : Laplace's Demon 01:13:35 : The Arrow of Time (Loschmidt's Paradox) 01:15:20 : Comments on Resolution of Arrow of Time Problem 01:16:07 : Temperature revisited: The actual definition in terms of entropy 01:25:24 : Historical comments: Clausius, Boltzmann, Carnot 01:29:07 : Final Thoughts: Learning Thermodynamics   Further Reading: Daniel Schroeder. An Introduction to Thermal Physics L. Landau & E. Lifschitz. Statistical Physics.   Twitter: @iamtimnguyen Webpage: http://www.timothynguyen.org

Podcast: This week on the show we feature a pre-recorded conversation with Bernardo Kastrup, philosopher and author of many books and essays including, The Idea of the World: A Multidisciplinary Argument for the Mental Nature of Reality and More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth, and Belief. Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. More information about Bernardo Kastrup's work can be found at: Bernardo Kastrup's website: www.bernardokastrup.com, Essentia Foundation website: www.essentiafoundation.org.

In this episode of Nick Zei's Universe The Game, I got a chance to talk to the president of the Russell Museum and The University of Science and Philosophy, John Bonsall, as well as operations manager Jeremy Boyer. In the second half I got a chance to talk to Scott (never got Scott's last name) you can find Scott @3dfrequency956 on youtube and @3dfrequency on twitter FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RUSSELL MUSEUM AND THE UNIVERSITY HERE: https://www.philosophy.org CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 4:02 - What is the connection between Russell and Tesla? 7:48 - Dr. Russell's letter to Einstein 9:28 - Opening Dr. Russell's secrets to the world 12:43 - Threatened by the Pope 15:41 - Who is Dr. Walter Russell? 24:03 - The illumination of Dr. Russell 34:03 - The Nine Gates 41:23 - Is the Sun really hot? 44:23 - Walter Russell vs Quantum Field Theory 49:28 - The Message of the Divine Iliad 52:40 - The Five Fine Arts 55:48 - Walter Russell on the afterlife 1:02:04 - The most valuable lesson from Dr. Russell 1:06:43 - Visiting the Russell Museum 1:07:46 - John's parting wisdom 1:10:16 - Introduction to Scott 1:13:57 - Walter's theory of everything 1:23:32 - Scott on teaching Dr. Russell's work 1:25:33 - Walter Russell in a big nutshell 1:30:30 - Telekinesis and alchemy 1:36:12 - The Mind of God 1:41:19 - Walter Russell on spacetime 1:51:27 - How to connect with Scott

Pedro Vieira is a faculty member at Perimeter Institute, where he holds the Clay Riddell Paul Dirac Chair in Theoretical Physics. In this episode, he tells Lauren and Colin about his work on a kind of uber-theory that encompasses all quantum field theories, as well as what separates the easy and hard problems in this field. It's a complicated topic to be sure, but Vieira is a master of explaining complex topics with relatable examples and anecdotes – something Lauren discovered as a student when she took a course he taught. “Pedro takes some of those same concepts from graduate courses, but he paints some amazing non-technical pictures for us,” says Lauren. “No mathematical background required!” He explains why the universe might be a hologram and why, from a theoretical physics perspective, a messy bedroom can be a good thing. View the episode transcript here. Conversations at the Perimeter is co-hosted by Perimeter Teaching Faculty member Lauren Hayward and journalist-turned-science communicator Colin Hunter. In each episode, they chat with a guest scientist about their research, the challenges they encounter, and the drive that keeps them searching for answers. The podcast is produced by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, a not-for-profit, charitable organization supported by a unique public-private model, including the Governments of Ontario and Canada. Perimeter Institute acknowledges that it is situated on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Neutral peoples. Perimeter's educational outreach initiatives, including Conversations at the Perimeter, are made possible in part by the support of donors like you. Be part of the equation: perimeterinstitute.ca/donate

Nalini AnantharamanGéométrie spectraleCollège de FranceAnnée 2022-2023Séminaire - Ergodicité et thermalisation des fonctions propres : Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis – From Interacting Qubits to Quantum Field TheoryAnatoly Dymarsky, University of KentuckyRésuméI will discuss various aspects of Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis (ETH), including rigorous definition of the "subsystem ETH", weak vs strong ETH, connection to thermalization dynamics, and extension to integrable systems (the so-called generalized ETH). The latter will be illustrated by the case of 2d conformal field theories – one of the very few models which has been solved analytically.

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is The Idea of the World: A multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit www.bernardokastrup.com. Connect with me:

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others.https://www.bernardokastrup.com/ ___________________________*** SIGN-UPS FOR ESALEN RETREAT DEC 9-12, 2022 ARE NOW LIVE!*** Listen to the new song, "Light of Truth - feat. Mooji"APPLE / SPOTIFYCATCH EAST FOREST LIVE - TICKETS AT, EASTFOREST.ORG/TOURDec 9-12 - Retreat: Esalen Institute Hot Springs, Big Sur, CAmore soon ... sign up for the mailing list at eastforest.org to stay in the loop on early tickets.+ JOURNEY SPACE LIVE - Exclusive world premiere listening events of new East Forest psychedelic guidance music and online facilitation with JourneySpace.com, Sept 24 and Oct 22nd. Join our East Forest COUNCIL on Patreon.  Monthly Zoom Council, podcast exclusives, live-streams, and more. Listen to East Forest music:  "IN" - the latest full album  release from East Forest - LISTEN NOW: Spotify / AppleListen to East Forest guided meditations on Spotify & AppleOrder a vinyl, dad hats, sheet music, original perfume oils, and more: http://eastforest.orgPlease rate Ten Laws with East Forest in iTunesAnd on Spotify★★★★★Sign up to learn about new retreats, shows in your area, and to join the community.Stay in the flow:Mothership:  http://eastforest.org/IG:  https://www.instagram.com/eastforest/

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (0:10) - Subjective (qualitative) vs objective (quantitative) experience (3:34) - The false mind-matter dichotomy (10:26) - Scientism & Religion (16:32) - Analytic Idealism (21:41) - Objective Idealism vs [Goff's] Panpsychism & other forms of Idealism (e.g. quasi-Berkleyan Idealism etc.) (29:39) - [Karl Popper's] Falsifiability theory (science vs pseudoscience) & its implications for Objective Idealism's explanatory power (41:07) - Idealism vs Illusionism [Seth, Frankish, Graziano, Dennett] (52:41) - Bernardo's Philosophical history of the Mind-Body Problem [Berkeley, Kant, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Jung] (1:00:29) - Decoding Carl Jung & Arther Schopenhauer's metaphysics (1:12:03) - Applying Idealism practically in a clinical setting (1:22:58) - Idealism's impact on ethics, morality, spirituality & life after death (1:35:30) - Best counter arguments to Idealism (1:44:00) - How can we take one step closer to the Mind-Body Solution (1:51:42) - Conclusion Website · YouTube · YouTube

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (0:10) - Subjective (qualitative) vs objective (quantitative) experience (3:34) - The false mind-matter dichotomy (10:26) - Scientism & Religion (16:32) - Analytic Idealism (21:41) - Objective Idealism vs [Goff's] Panpsychism & other forms of Idealism (e.g. quasi-Berkleyan Idealism etc.) (29:39) - [Karl Popper's] Falsifiability theory (science vs pseudoscience) & its implications for Objective Idealism's explanatory power (41:07) - Idealism vs Illusionism [Seth, Frankish, Graziano, Dennett] (52:41) - Bernardo's Philosophical history of the Mind-Body Problem [Berkeley, Kant, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Jung] (1:00:29) - Decoding Carl Jung & Arther Schopenhauer's metaphysics (1:12:03) - Applying Idealism practically in a clinical setting (1:22:58) - Idealism's impact on ethics, morality, spirituality & life after death (1:35:30) - Best counter arguments to Idealism (1:44:00) - How can we take one step closer to the Mind-Body Solution (1:51:42) - Conclusion Website · YouTube

Quantum field theory may be the most successful scientific theory of all time, predicting  experimental results with stunning accuracy and advancing the study of higher dimensional mathematics. Yet, there's also reason to believe that it is missing something. Steven Strogatz speaks with David Tong, a theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge, to explore the open questions of this enigmatic theory. “The Joy of Why” is a podcast from Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation. Funding decisions by the Simons Foundation have no influence on the selection of topics, guests, or other editorial decisions in this podcast or in Quanta Magazine. “The Joy of Why” is produced by Susan Valot and Polly Stryker. Our editors are John Rennie and Thomas Lin, with support by Matt Carlstrom, Annie Melchor and Leila Sloman. Our theme music was composed by Richie Johnson. Our logo is by Jackie King, and artwork for the episodes is by Michael Driver and Samuel Velasco. Our host is Steven Strogatz. If you have any questions or comments for us, please email us at quanta@simonsfoundation.org.

Today Bernardo Kastrup joins the podcast to discuss God, suffering, reality and how these operate within the framework of metaphysical idealism (the notion that reality is essentially mental). Bernardo has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). He has worked at CERN and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered).   Bernardo was kind enough to spend over two hours discussing consciousness, religion, the nature of Mind (God), purpose and so much more. It was a fascinating discussion that came at the perfect time, as I grapple with questions regarding the purpose of life, pain and what it all means.   I can't thank Bernardo enough for his generosity.   ► If you'd like to read/watch more from Bernardo, please visit his website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/     Learn. Prepare. Survive. ► SUBSCRIBE/LISTEN: Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play ► SUBSCRIBE/WATCH: Youtube TikTok ► CONTACT: Podcast@dadsdoomsdayguide.com / 213-465-3252 ► SOCIAL: TikTok: @dadsdoomsdayguide IG: @sco24, @timohara25

This is a reissue of Episode 7, while Jack recovers for the birth of his first child last week. Bernardo Kastrup's work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. https://youtu.be/ZiFc11XHRQ4 Stream the song: https://ffm.to/bernardo THE PRISON OF MATERIALISM VERSE Fm It's stitched into the sitcoms It's sewn into the news Bfm Twisted in the movies It underwrites your views It underwrites your views Fm Pumped in by the television Reinforced in school Bfm Seeps into your every hole, But your nobody's fool? BRIDGE Cm It permeates and advocates Corroborates we're separates Bfm Venerates-our-physical-traits-while-vindicating-violent-states Cm Perpetuates subordinates Implicates we're primates Culminates in selfish hate That enumerates & exterminates CHORUS Bfm Oh no, they're selling you a prison Cm Don't buy the lie of materialism VERSE It's been cunningly conceived And slyly concealed Dripped into your consciousness Now it has congealed You're just purely physical You're a piece of meat Who cares if I beat you Or emotionally mistreat you BRIDGE Soul starvation, strangulation Spiritual castration Secularize-sexualise-glamourise-with-vacant-lies Temptation and gratification Physical adoration Sedation of civilization Societal transmogrification CHORUS VERSE They're happy you're confused They feed upon your fear Suck up all your feelings They're always very near You're one of the little pawns Putty in their hands Moving in formation As they whisper their commands BRIDGE Preaching the dualities Physical realities With-distorted-moralities-for-limited-mentalities Contorted tonalities Temporal modalities Separate nationalities For global criminalities CHORUS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podsongs/message

This is a repost from my conversation with Bernardo Kastrup on the More Christ podcast and YouTube channel. We discuss dissociation and the problem of unity and multiplicity, how the Western mind approaches the world and what we have lost in modernity, banality, heavenly hierarchy and transcendence, crisis in the West and recovering the sacramental life without sentimentality. Bio (from his website): Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. Bernardo's website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/ Original video: More Christ: Jonathan Pageau & Bernardo Kastrup: Orthodoxy and the Resurrection of the Western Mind, Body, & Soul: https://youtu.be/usFMBUTkaLk YouTube: https://youtu.be/LglZNsmol58 Mentioned: - The Book of Enoch: Fallen Angels and the Modern Crisis: https://youtu.be/QtmLCK1keFI - The Mythical Constantinople | with Dr. Mario Baghos: https://youtu.be/3vGTGBW8CS4 - The Symbolic World website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com - Merch: http://www.thesymbolicworld.store - Language of Creation, by Matthieu Pageau: https://www.amazon.com/Language-Creation-Cosmic-Symbolism-Genesis-ebook/dp/B07D738HD8 Support this podcast: - Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/support/ - Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos - Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau - Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau Join the conversation: - Unofficial Facebook discussion group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1989208418065298/ - The Symbolic World Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSymbolicWorld/ Social media links: - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson. My website designers, Anomalist Design: https://www.anomalistdesign.com/

Are we all in a shared dream? Is the world that we perceive truly the world as it is? Dr. Tony Nader sits down with Dr. Bernardo Kastrup to discuss Idealism and the Nature of Ultimate Reality. The world we generally take to be real is only one version of the world, the one our senses and our minds allow us to experience, and that experience is different for every single human being. Do you think we're stuck within the limitations of our senses, which can only deliver impressions within the range that they were designed to recognize? Dr. Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Dr. Kastrup has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories, where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered. His books have explored topics such as Carl Jung, Schopenhauer, the Nature of Reality, and Why Materialism is Baloney. His ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. Dr Bernardo Kastrup | Website https://www.bernardokastrup.com Dr Bernardo Kastrup | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/bernardokastrup Dr Bernardo Kastrup | Twitter https://twitter.com/BernardoKastrup Dr Tony Nader | Instagram http://instagram.com/drtonynader Dr Tony Nader | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/dr-tony-nader Dr Tony Nader | Facebook http://facebook.com/DrTonyNader Dr Tony Nader | Twitter http://twitter.com/drtonynader

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In this episode I speak to Philosopher, Dr. Bernardo Kastrup Bernardo is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His a leading figure in the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has published many academic papers and books, and his ideas have been featured in 'Scientific America,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. In this episode we discuss: What is reality What our role is in the universe And how to apply metaphysical idealism to our everyday lives You Can Find Out More About Bernardo's Work Here: www.bernardokastrup.com

In this episode I explain several quantum physics theories- Quantum field theory, the uncertainty principle, as well as zero point or vacuum energy and how these concepts tie into the world of consciousness and creating our reality.RESOURCESQuantum Physics channels:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxqAWLTk1CmBvZFPzeZMd9Ahttps://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetimeFOLLOW EVERYDAY ALCHEMYInsta: https://www.instagram.com/myeverydayalchemy/@myeverydayalchemyWebsite: www.myeverydayalchemy.comRE:CREATIONInsta: https://www.instagram.com/re.creationdesigns/@re.creationdesignsWebsite: www.recreationdesigns.caMUSICPort- OTRTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/_OTRmusicWeb: https://www.musicbyotr.comInsta: https://www.instagram.com/otrmusicofficial/Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0oeUdHJ3cy1oveb8WguJJtSupport the show

Conversation starts 8:36 We begin by exploring Dr. Kastrup's history with Jung and philosophers in the 19th and 20th centuries and very quickly move into antiquity through the classicist Peter Kingsley. We discuss the layers of meaning in writing throughout our cultural history, common misunderstandings of texts, positivism of the 19th at 20th century, assumptions within systems of thought and belief, the problem of abstractions and interpretations of reality, Aristotelian logic and conflicts with abstractions, quantum systems, maps and logic, intuitionism, maintaining mystery, Pauli & Jung, synchronicity, meaning, myth and language, & reality as mind. Bio: Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on 'Scientific American,' the 'Institute of Art and Ideas,' the 'Blog of the American Philosophical Association' and 'Big Think,' among others. https://www.bernardokastrup.com https://www.essentiafoundation.org https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/bernardo-kastrup/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeDZCa3VrRQvzBlVR-oVVmA John's Workshop: https://www.esalen.org/workshops/exploring-the-shadow-and-the-psychology-of-fame Website for The Sacred Speaks: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com WATCH: YouTube for The Sacred Speaks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7Rg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ @thesacredspeaks Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/ Brought to you by: https://www.thecenterforhas.com Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com

Enter my mind and see the universe through the eyes of a madman.Follow my quantum voyage of self discovery from May 22, 2020 when the U.S. Navy's admission that UFOs existed became the splinter in my mind.  It was then that I published the Sonic Gravity Episode--Critical Thinking Part 4:  UFOs, UAP, and Quantum Field Theory.  Then, 60 days later, I had learned enough quantum physics in my spare time to derive the solution for Anti-Gravity, published in the Sonic Gravity Episode--Critical Thinking Supremacy:  The Sonic Gravity Mass Effect and the Higgs Displacement Field.Then, 6 months later, hear an investigative reporter confirm that the experts have been trying to discover that which took us 60 days to derive using the Sonic Gravity Critical Thinking algorithm. Orbit in Sonic Gravity, see the universe through the eyes of a madman, and know the solution to Anti-Gravity, and in 15 minutes, you will know that which has taken the experts of the scientific community 75 years to fail to see . . . and that is a fact.

The Field Guide to Particle Physics : Season 2https://pasayten.org/the-field-guide-to-particle-physics©2022 The Pasayten Institute cc by-sa-4.0The definitive resource for all data in particle physics is the Particle Data Group: https://pdg.lbl.gov.The Pasayten Institute is on a mission to build and share physics knowledge, without barriers! Get in touch.The Charged Sigma BaryonsIntroductionThe Sigma Baryons - that's a capital Sigma - are a trio of slightly heavy cousins to everyday particles like the proton and the neutron. With masses of almost 1200 MeV each, it may surprise you that the physics of Sigma baryons feels much closer to a comparatively puny trio of familiar particles: the pions.The pions form a triplet of mesons: pi plus, pi zero and pi minus. So too, do the Sigmas: Sigma Plus, Sigma Zero and Sigma Minus. The similarities are helpful for building an intuition, but the differences are stark. While the charged pions are antiparticle partners, the charged Sigmas are anything but.Today we'll focus on that fact as we explore the pair of particles Sigma Plus and Sigma Minus. Charged SigmasThe charged Sigma baryons are your typical strange particle. They live much longer than they should, given their mass. Their lifetime is a sizable fraction of a nanosecond. Like the Lambda Zero, the charged Sigma baryons live so long because they have to wait for their constituent strange quark to decay.The strange quark can only decay to an up quark, and while possible, it takes a while. It's a quantum bottleneck that in particle decays that has come to be known as the technical term “Strangeness”. While the down quark and the strange quark have separate identities as far as the strong nuclear force is concerned, they mix slightly under the weak nuclear force. That slight mixing is what gives the strange quark a chance to decay.And it always decays to an up quark. Keep an eye on this fact. It's what makes the Sigma baryon decays so tricky.What's fun about the charged Sigma Baryons - that is markedly DIFFERENT than the charged pions - is that they are NOT antiparticles for one another. ¿The ANTI sigma plus is NOT the sigma minus. Not even close.The Sigma Plus has two up quarks and a strange quark. That gives it's electric charge of two thirds plus two thirds minus one third or one. The Sigma Minus has two down quarks and a strange quark, which contribute a charge minus one third each. So, despite having opposite electric charges, they have very different quarks inside:up up and strange versus down down and strange.  And with that constitutional difference comes more mundane ones: the Sigma Plus and Sigma Minus have slightly different masses AND slightly different lifetimes. They are, in other words, very different particles.Still. The Sigmas try their best to behave like pions. Isn't it nice how neatly organized Nature at least tries to be?At 1197 MeV, the Sigma minus is just a little bigger than the Sigma plus, whose mass is about 1189 MeV. Bigger masses usually imply short lifetimes, but the Sigma Baryons are strange in this sense too. The heavier, sigma minus baryon has a lifetime around 15% of a nanosecond. The lighter sigma plus baryon decays about twice as fast, living on average for about 8% of a nanosecond. Charged Sigma Baryon DecaysWhy does this slightly lighter, sigma plus baryon decay twice as fast?Sigma Plus has two major ways to decay whereas Sigma Minus has only one. Sigma Minus only really decays to a neutron and a pi minus. There are other options - including muons, electrons, neutrini and, rarely, a lambda zero-electron pair - which all together occur less than 1% of the time.Similarly, 99% of the time Sigma Plus will decay into a familiar nucleon and a pion. But here's a slight imbalance between these two options. The proton and pi zero appears just over 51% of the time. The neutron and pi plus happens a bit of 48% of the time.Amusingly, the other 1% of stuff looks exactly like the anti particle versions of the rare Sigma minus decays. You know, antimuons, positrons and neutrinos. Notably, there's also a rare Lambda zero with positron decay. Charge has to be conserved, after all.Because the sigma plus has two ways to decay - two decay channels, in the parlance of particle physics - it's not surprising that it decays twice as fast as its negatively charged sibling.Why the sigma minus only has one decay channel relates back to the fact that is NOT the anti particle partner of sigma plus. Despite its negative charge, it's made of QUARKS and not ANTIquarks. Because there is no negatively charged analog for the proton, there's nothing else for the sigma minus to decay into.Some Gory, Decay DetailsThe details of these decays are fun to examine.The sigma minus - down, down, strange - decays when the strange quark does. The strange quark emits a W boson and leaves behind an up quark.  That essentially converts the Sigma minus into a neutron - down, down, up. The W boson promptly decays into a down quark-antiUp quark pair - that is, a negatively charged pion.Did you get that? Sigma minus decays to a neutron with a pi minus.The sigma plus - up, up, strange - is a bit more complicated. The strange quark again decays, but the final combination of quarks: up, up, up, down, anti-up, can be rearranged to form a proton: up, up, down and a neutral pion: up / anti-up. Because the W-boson lives for such a short time, that rearrangement all essentially happens at once.The other possibility for the sigma plus is even more wild. The strange quark decay as usual, laving behind an up quark, but the emitted W-boson is immediately absorbed by one of the other up quarks, which then converts it into a down quark. If a gluon just happen to be emitted at around the same time, it can convert to a down quark-anti-down quark pair, giving a final combination of quarks: up, down, down, anti-down, up. This can be rearranged to form a neutron (up-down-down) and a pi plus (up-anti-down).Was that complicated enough for you? Converting a sigma plus to a neutron is a little more complex so it doesn't happen quite as often. To get a better sense of visualization, check out our drawing on the website. But suffice it to say, gluons aren't hard to find given all that nuclear goo those quarks live with. It's not all that surprising things work out this way.We should say that these descriptions are something of a sketch or skeleton of what is actually going on. Physicists doing the full calculation using Quantum Field Theory would call it a tree-level approximation. Quantum effects can sometimes be dramatic, as we saw with the pi zero. Mercifully, not in this case.Particle physics is nothing if not messy.Why no Lambda Zero?If you're numerically minded - like you accountants out there - you might wonder why these charged Sigma baryons do not decay into a Lambda zero baryon. After all, the mass of the charged sigmas is around 1190 MeV, but the mass of the Lambda zero is only just shy of 1116 MeV. Energetically, it's more than possible! But the details matter.Both Sigma plus and sigma minus can and do decay to Lambda 0 with either a positron or an electron, respectively.  But it's a needle in a haystack. For every MILLION charged sigma baryons you produce - say from cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere or at a particle collider - you can probably count the number of Lambda Zero's produced on one hand. Why is it so rare? Well the strange quark - slow as it is to decay - decays to an up quark much, much faster than the down quark does. Like a few parts per million times faster.So the statistics all wash out, in the end.ConclusionWhile the charge sigmas have trouble decaying into a Lambda zero, the sigma zero baryon does not. This leads to another fun story, which we'll visit next time.

So is it pronounced HI-SEE'-AN or HY'-SHEN? Find out my thoughts about this critical question as I also discuss the possibility of detecting life on these water worlds.I also aired (and answered) few unscreened voicemail messages (THAT was fun!) as well as answered questions posed by the Space Cadets, including:► Quantum Field Theory;► Is the launch of the SLS delayed until 2022?► The speed of light and redshift;► And more!Our Dom's cheese of the week was Bosina, a soft ripened cow & sheep milk cheese. You can order your own brick from Dom's here: https://domscheese.com/product/robiola-bosina/ and learn more about the cheese itself here: https://www.caseificioaltalanga.it/product/bosina/?lang=enTHANK YOU to Vladimir Stepanov for your SuperChat during tonight's show!

Enter my mind and see the universe and our recent validated encounters with Unidentified Flying Objects and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and experience the critical thinking required to unpack what we are seeing, who is doing it, and how it's done.

Wave or Particle? So in this episode we have the interesting job of trying to get to the bottom of the famous mystery of the Wave Particle duality, and seeing if along the way we can't bust a few myths about it. We're also aiming to better understand whether Quantum mechanics can or can't help us get closer to a complete theory of reality or not, and hopefully find out of it can give us some clues about how matter and consciousness are related. We're also going to trace the developments and discoveries in Quantum Theory throughout its relatively young 100 or so year history. So who better to speak to about all this than physicist Dr Jon Butterworth one of Britain's most experienced sub-atomic particle physicists and a professor who's much loved for his gift of making physics accessible. Jon was born in Manchester but is currently a Professor of Physics at UCL in London and he's worked for years a the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He tells the story their long search for the Higgs Boson particle at CERN In his book ‘Smashing Physics' if you're interested. He often speaks publicly about particle physics, with some brilliant talks that you can find on Your Tube at the Royal Institution, and he also appears regularly on TV including the BBC's Newsnight, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera. His new book ‘Atomland', which we'll be talking about came out in 2018. In this episode we discuss: 03:40 Jon's book Atomland and the history of quantum mechanical discoveries throughout the 20th Century 05:00 High Frequency and high energy corresponds to higher resolution and allows you to see smaller things 07:40 Particles which, until now cannot be broken down into any smaller components, they're provisionally fundamental 09:10 Gravity, space and time have still not been incorporated into the standard model of Quantum Mechanics 11:15 The Uncertainty Principle 17:40 The Wave Particle Duality Explained 22:30 Quantum Electro Dynamics, the Copenhagen interpretation and the inherent randomness in nature 28:20 James Clarke-Maxwell, Faraday, humility in the face of the unknown and different ideas of ‘clean' maths and explanations changing over time 31:00 The Many Worlds Interpretation 33:15 the division between observer and observed and wave function ‘collapse' 33:50 Schroedinger's Cat and the observer interfering in a system 41:00 The mathematical explanation of Quantum Field Theory; unpacking what we mean by waves and particles 42:20 Matter is energy 46:30 Working quantum level up rather than quantising down form the classical world 52:45 Jon's opinion on the implications of the Wave Particle Duality 54:30 Jon's response to famous quotes on consciousness by physicists 57:52 Wheeler's ‘participatory universe' and the things that are real are only definable relative to other things 59:30 Einstein's ‘Wave function of the universe' solution to the observer/observed paradox 1:02:30 Implications of Entanglement (See Episode #4 for the full episode on Entanglement and non-locality) References: Jon's book Atomland https://lifeandphysics.com/a-map-of-the-invisible/ Jon's Website www.lifeandphysics.com Jon's science blog on Cosmic Shambles https://cosmicshambles.com/words/blogs/jonbutterworth Jon's Book Smashing physics https://lifeandphysics.com/smashing-physics/ Jon's Youtube channel with all the Royal Institution talks and others: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKio4sab2JCETsSAhy0Q6Q Richard Feynman's book QED https://www.amazon.co.uk/QED-Strange-Theory-Penguin-Science/dp/0140125051

In collaboration with The Psychedelic Society, Amir Giles is hosting a series of conversations on Psychedelics, Meditation & Enlightenment. For upcoming events find us here. Listening is free, but your support is appreciated! If you would like to contribute this initiative, donations are gratefully accepted. You can support via Patreon or make one off PayPal donations here. Podcast #2: Stephen Reid Stephen Reid discusses his personal journey and mystical insights through the intersection between quantum field theory, complexity science, meditation and psychedelics. Stephen is a cultural change maker, co-operative technologist and founder of the Psychedelic Society. He completed a Masters in Complexity Science at the University of Bristol as well as a Masters in Physics specialising quantum field theory at the University Oxford University. He was also the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK, and selected as the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Totnes. As well as quantum field theory and Complexity Science, Stephen has training in software development, meditation, plant medicine, and political activism. Discussion points include: 0:40 Mystical Experiences and Quantum Field Theory at Oxford University 4:00 David Bohm - Physics may be infinite 7.30 Physics, metaphysics and mystical experience - the limits of understanding 9:30 Complexity sciences - self organisation & emergence as a bridge to psychedelics 8:30 Science as a platform and context for useful psychedelic experiences 14:00 From Bohm to Krishnamurti - from physics to meditation 15:30 Tao Te Ching as a resonance with complexity sciences 16:20 Zig Zag zen and vipassana 20:00 The value of skepticism around psychedelic trips 22:30 Meditation on Tao te Ching, Seeing that Frees, Reger Rey 24:30 The value of meditation as a support for psychedelic trips, a buffer against bad trips 26:50 The motivations to meditate and to take psychedelics: there is only enlightened action Balancing insight & compassion https://stephenreid.net

Podcast: Provocative Enlightenment Radio (LS 34 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Metaphysical Speculations with Dr. Bernardo KastrupPub date: 2015-11-04Notes from Listening Post:IdealismJoin Eldon and Bernardo in a conversation about the multi-faceted exploration and critique of the human condition as it is presently manifested. Their conversation will be based upon Dr. Kastrup's book, “Brief Peeks Beyond.” They will address science and philosophy, explore the underlying nature of reality, the state of our society and culture, the influence of the mainstream media, the nature of free will, neuroscience, skepticism and a number of other topics. Don't miss this show! Bernardo Kastrup has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering with specializations in AI & reconfigurable computing. He has worked as scientist in some of the world's foremost research labs, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories where the Casimir Effect of Quantum Field Theory was discovered. He has authored five philosophy books: Rationalist Spirituality, Dreamed up Reality, Meaning in Absurdity, Why Materialism Is Baloney, and Brief Peeks Beyond. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to www.provocativeenlightenment.comThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Provocative Enlightenment, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: Adventures Through The Mind (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: The Metaphysics Of Consciousness w/ Bernardo Kastrupt ~ Ep 50Pub date: 2017-06-23Notes from Listening Post:IdealisimWhat is Consciousness? Is it unique to human cognition or is it universal and permeating all things? Is it an epiphenomenon of brain activity or a universal constant? Do all things 'have' consciousness or are they 'of', 'in', or 'by' consciousness? Who and what are we, humankind, in the grander process of Consciousness itself? What is the nature of this whole "Reality" game? For the 50th episode of Adventures Through The Mind podcast, we welcome philosopher Bernardo Kastrup onto the show to address these questions and more. For Full Show Notes & Links: bit.ly/ATTMind50 Bernardo Kastrup has a Ph.D. in computer engineering with specializations in artificial intelligence and reconfigurable computing. He has worked as a scientist in some of the world's foremost research laboratories, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the "Casimir Effect" of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has authored many academic papers and books on philosophy and science.   Support The Show: Patreon PayPal Donation   Episode Breakdown Building conscious machines. What is consciousness? The hard problem of Consciousness. It's not Panpsychism. Do rocks and trees have consciousness? How about weather patterns and neurons? Differentiating 'conscious experience' from 'consciousness'. The subjectivity of objective reality. God suffers from dissociated identity disorder. Autonomous human awareness, nestled in consciousness. Filtering the mind at large. The relationship between brain activity and subjective inner life. What psychedelics show us about the nature of conscious awareness and brain activity. Metacognition and the default mode network. Physicalism as a neurotic defense mechanism. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from James W. Jesso, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.