Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books The Astonishing Hypothesis by Francis CrickForty years ago, Francis Crick, along with James Watson, made history with the discovery of the structure of DNA, forever changing our understanding of life itself. Now Crick is once again at the frontier of scientific d… “The mistake that we made was to begin with perception. The model example that we've used since we started scientifically trying to tackle this question. And I would date that to the mid-1990s and to Francis Cricks, the book was the astonishing hypothesis. And that was the beginning of this concerted effort to…” ▶ Play at 1:08:12 Amazon

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Autobiographical Notes by Albert Einstein“conjecture with Cameron which was mathematical reformulation what actually Einstein speculated in his autobiographical note that if you read Einstein's autobiographical note there is an interesting passage where he claimed that ultimate fundamental theory should not have arbitrary” ▶ Play at 1:10:37 Amazon Science and Method by Henri Poincaré“had impact in many other areas of physics and mathematics. When I was a high school student one of the book I read which had rather big impact on me was a book by Poincarec or science and method on Poincarec was a mathematician in date 19th century or 20th century he almost discovered” ▶ Play at 1:35:28 Amazon

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Quantum Reality by Nick HerbertIn this book, leading physicist Nick Herbert has created a key work which goes far deeper into its subject than the acknowledged classics in the field. Dr. Herbert addresses the age-old question: What is reality? by firs… “zero, Bob minus 60. And this particular proof I personally learned from the book by Nick Herbert called Quantum Reality. So shout out to Nick Herbert, nice, clear proof. So let's just try and do it. Here's our chart. And we have all these runs at the experiment because remember these are” ▶ Play at 2:20:29 Amazon

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Other Minds by Peter Godfrey Smith"Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses have attracted wide notice. In this book, he brings his parallel careers together to tell a … “This is Peter Gottfried Smith, professor at the University of Sydney, and the author of Other Minds, The Octopus, and The Deep Origins of Consciousness. The professor has a new speculative theory of rhythmic consciousness.” ▶ Play at 0:15 Amazon Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltAfter Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has… ...

I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE This is a careful lecture that can be followed with zero background knowledge. Einstein thought he’d caught quantum mechanics in an act of spookiness — this podcast asks whether he was even worried about the right thing. Tim Maudlin, professor of philosophy at NYU and a leading philosopher of physics, delivers a rare full lecture tracing Einstein, EPR, and the road to Bell’s theorem. The central claim: Einstein’s real objection was never determinism — “God does not play dice” is a red herring — but non-locality, which he inferred rather than assumed. Maudlin traces the argument from Einstein’s overlooked 1927 Solvay objection through the EPR paper’s criterion of reality, showing why Bohr’s famous reply never actually answered it. ...

I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Does Batman exist? Not really—but proving he doesn’t turns out to be a logical minefield. This episode tackles negative existentials: why saying “X doesn’t exist” seems to require referring to X in the first place. We trace the debate from Russell’s theory of descriptions, through Kripke’s devastating critique in Naming and Necessity, to Meinong’s radical claim that non-existent objects still populate our domain of discourse. Plus: null pointer exceptions as computer science’s Meinongianism, why AI struggles with fictional facts, and why three competing theories—descriptivism, Meinongianism, and abstract realism—each come with a steep philosophical price tag. I hope you enjoy. ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas HofstadterWinner of the Pulitzer Prize A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal systems. Howe… Amazon· mentioned in 3 episodes The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist“they add context, they include interactive exercises and connect ideas across authors, take Gertel Escherbock or the master and his emissary, two of the most demanding reads and consciousness studies on the popular market. My method is I read the guide first, then the book,” ▶ Play at 40:58 Amazon· mentioned in 4 episodes

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas HofstadterWinner of the Pulitzer Prize A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal systems. Howe… Amazon· mentioned in 3 episodes The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist“summaries. They critique the ad context. They include interactive exercises and connect ideas across authors. Take Gertel Escherbach or the master and his emissary. Two of the most demanding reads and consciousness studies on the popular market. My method is I read the guide first,” ▶ Play at 9:15 Amazon· mentioned in 4 episodes

Emily Riehl, one of the world’s leading category theorists, shares her vision for making infinity category theory something undergrads can actually learn. In this talk, she breaks down how rethinking the foundations of math could change the way it’s taught and understood—and why it might redefine what math even is. I subscribe to The Economist for their science and tech coverage. As a TOE listener, get 35% off! No other podcast has this: https://economist.com/TOE ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books The Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneIn this refreshingly clear book, Brian Greene, a leading string theorist, relates the scientific story and the human struggle behind the search for the ultimate theory. String theory, as the author vividly describes, rev… Amazon The Emperor's New Mind The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose Amazon The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time by Stephen Hawking and George Ellis“So a whole podcast with JB Manchak about naked singularities and then what is a pathological space time? Because many people will say the word that a close time like curved space time or one” ▶ Play at 1:53:57 Amazon The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes by Imre Lakatosviii,250p. ; 23cm ...